Paralegal salary in the Kansas nonmetro area

Pay in the Kansas nonmetro area against Kansas and the US

The middle half of paralegals in the Kansas nonmetro area earns $38,860–$54,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $62,010, only 1.9 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 $16,040 wide, against $17,170 across Kansas and $29,740 nationally: employers in the Kansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a paralegal here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $8,540 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $7,500, or about $9,677 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 above the 90th percentile in the Kansas nonmetro area, and the Kansas statewide median of $55,000 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local paralegals earn.

What a hire really costs in the Kansas nonmetro area

At the $47,400 median, a local hire costs about $61,161 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,761 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 Kansas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($52,830) and bookkeepers ($44,660). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,010.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Kansas nonmetro area (-24.6%); data entry specialists come first (-2.1%). The typical role here is at -13.1%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in the Kansas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 0.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Kansas nonmetro area, 1.4% across Kansas and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $47,400 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $52,530 in Lawrence, a gap of $5,130 a year. All 2 areas in Kansas with more paralegals than the Kansas nonmetro area also pay more, among them Wichita, KS ($50,240) and Topeka, KS ($50,350).

the Kansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Kansas nonmetro area is #167 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 Kansas, Fond du Lac and Greenville pay just above the Kansas nonmetro area and Wichita Falls and McAllen-Edinburg just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Kansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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