Legal Assistant

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 7,420 people — is $53,880. Governor's Off-Sled pays a median base salary of $55,139 for this role, 2% above that figure — about the 54th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Governor's Off-Sled is $55,139, 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.

Legal Assistant is held in 3 South Carolina departments. In Governor's Off-Sled, the median of $55,139 ranks #1 of 3.

This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $54,342 ranks #13 of 19. See Legal Assistant across all of South Carolina →

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