Paralegal salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Paralegals at the 90th percentile earn $81,130, 2.2 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of paralegals in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $43,670–$63,290. The mean ($57,810) is 17% 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 $19,620 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($18,210) and the US figure ($29,740).

What to budget for a paralegal here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $13,960 over the median, the 25th only $5,660 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $18,013 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $47,420 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

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 $14,322 to the $49,330 median and brings it to $63,652 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($53,640) and payroll specialists ($46,910). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-21.6%), between project coordinators (-19.6%) and recruiters (-22.5%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 1.5% across Arkansas and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 6 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $45,520 in Jonesboro to $49,330 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $3,810 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more paralegals, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($47,690), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #133 of 503 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Casper and Columbia pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Myrtle Beach-Conway and Grand Forks just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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