City of Baltimore / Law Department (001) / Legal Assistant II
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
10 employees hold this title in Law Department (001). Median total compensation for the role is $48,848, below the department median of $80,319.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 3,880 people — is $65,640. Law Department (001) pays a median base salary of $51,667 for this role, 21% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Law Department (001)’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. Law Department (001)’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 28th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 13 of 14 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Law Department (001) is $51,383, 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 departments
Legal Assistant II is held in 7 City of Baltimore departments. In Law Department (001), the median of $48,848 ranks #5 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Legal Assistant II role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $49,007 ranks #14 of 19. See Legal Assistant across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Legal Assistant roles 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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Record list
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Legal Assistant II/Law Department (001)
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At Law Department (001), Rhonda Smith serves as a Legal Assistant II. Their tenure dates to 1981, about 39 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $60,977.
Legal Assistant II/Law Department (001)
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Colleen Dahl is a Legal Assistant II at Law Department (001). They have served since 1989 (about 29 years). 2018 total compensation came to $58,847.
Legal Assistant II/Law Department (001)
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At Law Department (001), Stacey Cherry serves as a Legal Assistant II. Their tenure dates to 2002, about 16 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $56,934.
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Therese Brunner works as a Legal Assistant II for Law Department (001). Hired in 1994, they have about 24 years of service. Therese earned $55,896 in 2018.
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At Law Department (001), Annette Brown serves as a Legal Assistant II. Their tenure dates to 1983, about 30 years. Their 2013 pay totaled $51,099.
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Adam Stewart works as a Legal Assistant II for Law Department (001). Hired in 2014, they have about a year of service. Adam earned $46,596 in 2015.
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Andrea England holds the role of Legal Assistant II at Law Department (001). Hired in 2013, they have about 2 years of service. In 2015, their total compensation was $44,891.
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Sylvia Morgan is a Legal Assistant II at Law Department (001). Hired in 2007, they have about 6 years of service. 2013 total compensation came to $43,717.
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Artina Stokes works as a Legal Assistant II for Law Department (001). Their tenure dates to 2011, about 2 years. Artina earned $42,998 in 2013.
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Grace Aldershof holds the role of Legal Assistant II at Law Department (001). Hired in 2016, they have about 4 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $17,791.