Paralegal salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

Paralegals at the 90th percentile earn $94,280, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of paralegals in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $47,530–$75,550. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $28,020 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($20,200) and the US figure ($29,740).

What to budget for a paralegal here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,750 a year in pay and about $19,032 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,270 in pay. 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $58,820 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

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 $17,652 to the $60,800 median and brings it to $78,452 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($62,930) and payroll specialists ($55,960). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,990.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (-3.3%), between virtual receptionists (-3.2%) and executive assistants (-3.8%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Paralegals hold 2.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 1.7% across Tennessee and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $46,640 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $60,800 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $14,160 a year. No other area in Tennessee has as many paralegals, and all 13 others pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #30 of 503 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Tennessee, Madison and Cleveland pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Yuma just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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