Los Angeles County / Child Support Services / Senior Paralegal
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
2 employees hold this title in Child Support Services. Median total compensation for the role is $162,604, above the department median of $127,303.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 22,240 people — is $77,520. Child Support Services pays a median base salary of $100,726 for this role, 30% above that figure — about the 77th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Child Support Services’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. Child Support Services’s median base salary is 60% above that national figure, about the 89th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Child Support Services is $162,604, 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
Senior Paralegal is held in 5 Los Angeles County departments. In Child Support Services, the median of $162,604 ranks #3 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Senior Paralegal role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $161,943 ranks #1 of 7. See Senior Paralegal across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior 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.
Record list
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Senior Paralegal/Child Support Services
At Child Support Services, Alejandro Galaz serves as a Senior Paralegal. Their 2025 pay totaled $163,694.
Senior Paralegal/Child Support Services
At Child Support Services, Beverly Anderson serves as a Senior Paralegal. Their 2025 pay totaled $161,513.