Maine / Legislative Council Employees / Paralegal
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
2 employees hold this title in Legislative Council Employees. Median total compensation for the role is $129,199, above the department median of $98,034.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 1,210 people — is $62,420. Legislative Council Employees pays a median base salary of $105,036 for this role, 68% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Legislative Council Employees’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. Legislative Council Employees’s median base salary is 67% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Legislative Council Employees is $129,199, 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 is held in 6 Maine departments. In Legislative Council Employees, the median of $129,199 ranks #1 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Paralegal role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $33,171 ranks #21 of 25. See Paralegal across all of Maine →
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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Paralegal/Legislative Council Employees
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Adam Molesworth is a Paralegal at Legislative Council Employees. 2024 total compensation came to $135,233.
Paralegal/Legislative Council Employees
Source-specific fields
Janet Pooley works as a Paralegal for Legislative Council Employees. Janet earned $123,164 in 2024.