Paralegal salary in Eugene-Springfield, OR

Pay in Eugene-Springfield against Oregon and the US

The middle half of paralegals in Eugene-Springfield earns $49,320–$73,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $81,370, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($61,260) is 9% 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 only $24,160 wide, against $25,460 across Oregon and $29,740 nationally: employers in Eugene-Springfield pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a paralegal here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,140 over the median, the 25th only $7,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,116 a year in employer cost. 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 Eugene-Springfield, and the Oregon statewide median of $61,490 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Eugene-Springfield

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $16,357 to the $56,340 median and brings it to $72,697 a year. 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 Eugene-Springfield

Of the 17 roles we track in Eugene-Springfield, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($57,230) and bookkeepers ($49,670). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,880.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Eugene-Springfield (-10.4%), between executive assistants (-9.0%) and sales development representatives (-14.1%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in Eugene-Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Eugene-Springfield, 2.5% across Oregon and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $51,620 in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area to $75,430 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $23,810 a year. All 2 areas in Oregon with more paralegals than Eugene-Springfield also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($75,430) and Salem, OR ($57,230).

Eugene-Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Eugene-Springfield is #162 of 503 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Tallahassee and Rapid City pay just above Eugene-Springfield and Traverse City and Elmira just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in Eugene-Springfield. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, two pay more.

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