Paralegal

Across all employers in New York, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 34,220 people — is $68,410. New York State Urban Development Corporation pays a median base salary of $70,994 for this role, 4% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at New York State Urban Development Corporation is $71,758, 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.

Paralegal is held in 11 New York Public Authorities departments. In New York State Urban Development Corporation, the median of $71,758 ranks #4 of 11.

This role is reported in 25 jurisdictions. In New York Public Authorities, the median of $59,269 ranks #11 of 25. See Paralegal across all of New York Public Authorities →

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