Paralegal salary in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA

Pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs against Georgia and the US

Paralegals at the 90th percentile earn $105,310, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of paralegals in Atlanta-Sandy Springs earns $50,700–$83,250. The mean ($76,560) is 19% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $32,550 wide, wider than in Georgia as a whole ($32,180) and the US ($29,740), so what a paralegal earns in Atlanta-Sandy Springs depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a paralegal here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,380 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,170, or about $24,735 once benefits are added. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $62,890 falls between the 25th percentile and the median in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, and the Georgia statewide median of $62,400 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs

At the $64,080 median, a local hire costs about $82,684 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,604 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs

Of the 17 roles we track in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between office managers ($69,990) and payroll specialists ($62,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,400.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Atlanta-Sandy Springs (+1.9%), between accountants (+2.6%) and project coordinators (+1.1%). The typical role here is at +0.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Paralegals hold 3.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, 2.8% across Georgia and 2.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $47,780 in Dalton to $64,080 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $16,300 a year. No other area in Georgia has as many paralegals, and all 17 others pay less.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Atlanta-Sandy Springs is #7 of 503 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Georgia, Austin-Round Rock and Helena pay just above Atlanta-Sandy Springs and Amherst Town-Northampton and Bellingham just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Atlanta-Sandy Springs. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, two pay more.

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