Legal Assistant

Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 6,080 people — is $58,820. Mental Health pays a median base salary of $64,812 for this role, 10% above that figure — about the 67th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Mental Health is $64,812, 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 12 Tennessee departments. In Mental Health, the median of $64,812 ranks #4 of 12.

This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $60,348 ranks #10 of 19. See Legal Assistant across all of Tennessee →

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