Paralegal salary in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Pay in Hagerstown-Martinsburg against Maryland and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $111,530 or more, 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of paralegals in Hagerstown-Martinsburg earns $49,410–$82,720. The mean ($69,580) is 10% 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 $33,310 wide, wider than in Maryland as a whole ($33,040) and the US ($29,740), so what a paralegal earns in Hagerstown-Martinsburg depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a paralegal here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,430, or about $25,071 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, and the Maryland statewide median of $65,640 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg

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 $18,375 to the $63,290 median and brings it to $81,665 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,470) and office managers ($59,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,600.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg (+0.6%), between payroll specialists (+0.7%) and virtual receptionists (-6.3%). The typical role here is at -9.4%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost more in Hagerstown-Martinsburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 3.4% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, 2.1% across Maryland and 2.5% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $50,420 in Salisbury to $65,640 in Baltimore-Columbia, a gap of $15,220 a year. The one area in Maryland with more paralegals, Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($65,640), also pays more.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hagerstown-Martinsburg is #146 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 Maryland, New Haven and Detroit-Warren pay just above Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Dallas-Fort Worth and Yakima just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Hagerstown-Martinsburg. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, two pay more.

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