Paralegal salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of paralegals in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $46,390–$63,240. The top tenth earns $81,330 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($63,680) is 34% 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 $16,850 wide, against $18,210 across Arkansas and $29,740 nationally: employers in Little Rock-North Little Rock 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 $15,550 over the median, the 25th only $1,300 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,065 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $47,420 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

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 $13,845 to the $47,690 median and brings it to $61,535 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,920) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,490). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-24.2%), between recruiters (-24.1%) and sales development representatives (-24.6%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in Little Rock-North Little Rock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 2.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 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. No other area in Arkansas has as many paralegals, and 4 of the other 5 pay less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #84 of 503 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Dalton and Provo-Orem pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Springfield and Greenville just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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