California / Social Services / Legal Analyst
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
8 employees hold this title in Social Services. Median total compensation for the role is $76,120, below the department median of $83,672.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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. Social Services pays a median base salary of $78,343 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 51st 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 Social 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. Social Services’s median base salary is 25% above that national figure, about the 72nd 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 7 of 8 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 Social Services is $76,120, 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 Social Services, the median of $76,120 ranks #8 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/Social Services
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Eva Rafol works as a Legal Analyst for Social Services. Their status is full-time. Eva earned $93,704 in 2025. They are represented by R01.
Legal Analyst/Social Services
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At Social Services, Kathleen Klubnikin serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,212. Union affiliation: R01.
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Sylvia Valentine works as a Legal Analyst for Social Services. Their status is full-time. Sylvia earned $81,162 in 2025. Union affiliation: R01.
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Vanessa Gonzales works as a Legal Analyst for Social Services. Their status is full-time. Vanessa earned $78,943 in 2025. Union affiliation: R01.
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At Social Services, Vanessa Grancich serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $73,297. Union affiliation: R01.
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Adriana Gualito is a Legal Analyst at Social Services. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $72,945. They are represented by R01.
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Frances Guerrero Garcia works as a Legal Analyst for Social Services. Their status is full-time. Frances earned $72,488 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.
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At Social Services, Anthony Tounou serves as a Legal Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $14,988. Their bargaining unit is R01.