Georgia / Public Defender Council, Georgia / Paralegal 1
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
11 employees hold this title in Public Defender Council, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $40,708, below the department median of $62,540.
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 Georgia, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 14,160 people — is $62,400. Public Defender Council, Georgia pays a median base salary of $49,967 for this role, 20% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Defender Council, Georgia’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. Public Defender Council, Georgia’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 24th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 29 of 39 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 Public Defender Council, Georgia is $46,456, 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
Paralegal 1 is held in 2 Georgia departments. In Public Defender Council, Georgia, the median of $40,708 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Paralegal 1 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $49,967 ranks #17 of 25. See Paralegal across all of Georgia →
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.
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Record list
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Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Adriana Mata works as a Paralegal 1 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Adriana earned $48,000 in 2025.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Kira Jessup serves as a Paralegal 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,500.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Maria Wilson works as a Paralegal 1 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Maria earned $45,269 in 2025.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
At Public Defender Council, Georgia, John Banasik serves as a Paralegal 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $43,047.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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Cassandra Cockayne holds the role of Paralegal 1 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $42,451.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Michael Clemons serves as a Paralegal 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $40,708.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Lindsey Smallwood is a Paralegal 1 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. 2025 total compensation came to $40,000.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Stacey Petschel holds the role of Paralegal 1 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $35,025.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Kinya Gramblin holds the role of Paralegal 1 at Public Defender Council, Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $18,108.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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At Public Defender Council, Georgia, Rebecca Ray serves as a Paralegal 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $15,367.
Paralegal 1/Public Defender Council, Georgia
Tyler Shirley works as a Paralegal 1 for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Tyler earned $5,271 in 2025.