Compared with the local labor market
Paralegal 1 pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 5,990 people — is $76,220. County Attorney's Office pays a median base salary of $61,737 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where County Attorney's Office sits in the local pay range
$49,230
$60,310
$76,220
$86,950
$105,220
County Attorney's Office median · $61,737
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows County Attorney's Office’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. County Attorney's Office’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 48th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$44,740
$50,340
$62,890
$80,080
$101,500
County Attorney's Office median · $61,737
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 21 of 25 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 County Attorney's Office is $61,382, 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
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Paralegal 1 is held in 2 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In County Attorney's Office, the median of $44,355 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Paralegal 1 role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Paralegal beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $52,962 ranks #14 of 25. See Paralegal across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.