Johnson County, Kansas / Johnson / Paralegal

Job-title file

Paralegal

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

15 employees hold this title in Johnson. Median total compensation for the role is $60,924, below the department median of $67,585.

Employees: 15
Total payroll: $810.9K
Role median: $60,924
Agency median: $67,585
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$9,065$73,018+

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

How total compensation varies among the 15 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 Kansas City, MO-KS area

Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 2,900 people — is $63,880. Johnson pays a median base salary of $61,023 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Johnson sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,230

$50,600

$63,880

$78,360

$97,890

Johnson median · $61,023

The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson’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. Johnson’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 46th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$44,740

$50,340

$62,890

$80,080

$101,500

Johnson median · $61,023

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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 14 of 15 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 Johnson is $60,924, 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 Johnson County, Kansas

This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In Johnson County, Kansas, the median of $60,924 ranks #8 of 25. See Paralegal across all of Johnson County, Kansas →

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

City of Salt Lake City

$60,888 · 15

Median total compensation for comparable Paralegal 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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