Legal Assistant 2

Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Paralegals and Legal Assistants — about 6,080 people — is $58,820. Tenncare pays a median base salary of $58,416 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Tenncare is $58,474, 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 2 is held in 9 Tennessee departments. In Tenncare, the median of $74,929 ranks #2 of 9.

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 →

• Accountant 3 5
• Accounting Manager 5
• Administrative Assistant 1 5
• Administrative Services Assistant 3 12
• Administrative Services Assistant 4 5
• Administrative Services Assistant 5 6
• Appeals Coordinator 24
• Assistant Counsel 24
• Associate Counsel 45
• Data Analytics Specialist- Senior 11
• Data Analytics Specialist-Lead 5
• Executive Administrative Assistant 1 15
• Executive Administrative Assistant 2 63
• Executive IT Director 5
• Fiscal Director 1 7
• Fiscal Director 2 5
• HR Generalist 2 6
• Information Systems Consult 8
• Information Systems Manager 2 7
• Information Systems Technician Cons 19
• Legal Assistant 96
• Long Term Care Program Director 7
• Managed Care Assistant Director 8
• Managed Care Division Director 14
• Managed Care Oversight Director 6
• Managed Care Program Manager 1 33
• Managed Care Program Manager 2 47
• Managed Care Specialist 1 5
• Managed Care Specialist 3 255
• Planning Analyst Advanced 5
• Planning Analyst Intermediate 6
• Programmer/Analyst 4 8
• Public Health Nursing Con 2 17
• Senior Associate Counsel 10
• Senior Policy Analyst 6
• Statistical Research Specialist 20
• Tc Departmental Deputy Director 9
• Tenncare Administrative Judge 21
• Tenncare Elig Administrator 13
• Tenncare Eligibility Director 30
• Tenncare Fraud Investigator 12
• Tenncare Program Coordinator 169
• Tenncare Program Director 7
• Tenncare Project Manager 5