Legal Assistant

Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 6,310 people — is $92,900. Hearing Examiner pays a median base salary of $81,494 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Hearing Examiner is $81,494, 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.

Legal Assistant is held in 2 City of Seattle departments. In Hearing Examiner, the median of $81,494 ranks #1 of 2.

This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In City of Seattle, the median of $81,494 ranks #5 of 19. See Legal Assistant across all of City of Seattle →