California / Justice / Legal Analyst
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
28 employees hold this title in Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $74,397, below the department median of $92,942.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 28 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 California, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 47,130 people — is $77,390. Justice pays a median base salary of $74,339 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Justice’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. Justice’s median base salary is 18% above that national figure, about the 67th 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 California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 23 of 28 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Justice is $74,397, 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 Analyst is held in 33 California departments. In Justice, the median of $74,397 ranks #12 of 33.
Median total compensation for the Legal Analyst role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $73,009 ranks #3 of 4. See Legal Analyst across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Legal Analystroles 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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Legal Analyst/Justice
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At Justice, Jazmine Cortez serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $75,617. They are represented by R01.
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Natalie Clark is a Legal Analyst at Justice. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $75,345. Union affiliation: R01.
Legal Analyst/Justice
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At Justice, Arabella P Cruz serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $75,333. Union affiliation: R01.
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Natalie Quinonez Celada works as a Legal Analyst for Justice. Their status is full-time. Natalie earned $74,939 in 2025. They are represented by R01.
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At Justice, Robin Demello serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $74,919. Union affiliation: R01.
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Mariela Garcia-Luna is a Legal Analyst at Justice. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $73,875. Union affiliation: R01.
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Le Wee Yun works as a Legal Analyst for Justice. Their status is full-time. Le earned $73,699 in 2023. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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Theresa Zendejas is a Legal Analyst at Justice. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $73,470. Their bargaining unit is R01.