Paralegal salary in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of paralegals in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $47,990–$63,120. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $75,790, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($57,150) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $15,130 wide, against $30,330 across Texas and $29,740 nationally: employers in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a paralegal here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $5,570 over it, while the 25th sits $9,560 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $7,187 more a year with benefits. 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 the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $62,310 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $57,550 median, a local hire costs about $74,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,708 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 North Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($58,360) and payroll specialists ($48,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,190.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area (-8.5%), between e-commerce order specialists (-4.1%) and accountants (-8.8%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost more in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, 1.9% across Texas and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 30 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $45,480 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $64,500 in Midland, a gap of $19,020 a year. Of the 9 areas in Texas with more paralegals than the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, 6 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($53,300), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($47,330) and El Paso, TX ($55,830).

the North Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Region of Texas nonmetro area is #149 of 503 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Oklahoma City and Fargo pay just above the North Region of Texas nonmetro area and Asheville and Appleton just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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