City of Albuquerque / Lg-Legal / Paralegal

Job-title file

Paralegal

Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.

14 employees hold this title in Lg-Legal. Median total compensation for the role is $29,659, above the department median of $29,659.

Employees: 14
Total payroll: $417.7K
Role median: $29,659
Agency median: $29,659
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$29,659$30,960+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 14 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Paralegal pay vs. the Albuquerque, NM area

Across all employers in the Albuquerque, NM area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 1,070 people — is $59,370. Lg-Legal pays a median base salary of $29,659 for this role, 50% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Lg-Legal sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$41,050

$45,050

$59,370

$72,500

$79,730

Lg-Legal median · $29,659

The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in the Albuquerque, NM area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Lg-Legal’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 392,880 people — is $62,890. Lg-Legal’s median base salary is 53% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$44,740

$50,340

$62,890

$80,080

$101,500

Lg-Legal median · $29,659

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Albuquerque, NM range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Lg-Legal is $29,659, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Paralegal beyond City of Albuquerque

This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In City of Albuquerque, the median of $29,659 ranks #23 of 25. See Paralegal across all of City of Albuquerque →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$142,972 · 240

$139,527 · 57

$99,348 · 11

$90,144 · 40

$70,099 · 8

$64,921 · 26

$62,050 · 73

Johnson County, Kansas

$60,924 · 15

Median total compensation for comparable Paralegalroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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