Paralegal salary in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of paralegals in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $50,790–$71,430. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $81,100, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $20,640 wide, against $23,500 across New Hampshire and $29,740 nationally: employers in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a paralegal here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,170 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $9,470, or about $12,219 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $62,040 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area

At the $61,960 median, a local hire costs about $79,948 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,988 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 the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between recruiters ($66,700) and marketing specialists ($61,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,560.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area (-1.5%), between HR assistants (+0.0%) and customer support specialists (-1.7%). The typical role here is at -1.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Paralegals hold 3.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, 1.9% across New Hampshire and 2.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $56,580 in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $62,040 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $5,460 a year. The one area in New Hampshire with more paralegals, Manchester-Nashua, NH ($62,040), also pays more.

the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area is #136 of 503 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, St. Louis and Miami-Fort Lauderdale pay just above the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area and Raleigh-Cary and Morgantown just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, none pays as much.

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