California / Justice / Legal Assistant
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
11 employees hold this title in Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $69,987, below the department median of $92,942.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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 $66,373 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 34th 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 6% above that national figure, about the 55th 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 10 of 11 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 Justice is $69,987, 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 Assistant is held in 20 California departments. In Justice, the median of $69,987 ranks #5 of 20.
Median total compensation for the Legal Assistant role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $66,924 ranks #7 of 19. See Legal Assistant across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Legal Assistant 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.
Record list
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Maria Ochoa-Caro works as a Legal Assistant for Justice. Their status is full-time. Maria earned $74,063 in 2025. Union affiliation: R01.
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At Justice, Khoua Lor serves as a Legal Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $73,563. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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Kamilah Hynds works as a Legal Assistant for Justice. Their status is full-time. Kamilah earned $71,663 in 2025. They are represented by R01.
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Ashley Muniz works as a Legal Assistant for Justice. Their status is full-time. Ashley earned $71,663 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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At Justice, Celine Liban serves as a Legal Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $71,019. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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Noel Garcia is a Legal Assistant at Justice. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $69,987. They are represented by R01.
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Sharon Brecht works as a Legal Assistant for Justice. Their status is full-time. Sharon earned $69,052 in 2023. They are represented by R01.
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Roberto Caoile Jr holds the role of Legal Assistant at Justice. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $68,951. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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Rochelle Uda-Quillen holds the role of Legal Assistant at Justice. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $66,792. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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Natalie Clark works as a Legal Assistant for Justice. Their status is full-time. Natalie earned $56,773 in 2023. Union affiliation: R01.
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At Justice, Vladimira Capri serves as a Legal Assistant. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled -$954. They are represented by R01.