Paralegal salary in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA

Pay in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against California and the US

The middle half of paralegals in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks earns $58,890–$83,410. The top tenth earns $102,880 or more, 2.2 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.3 times. The mean ($74,270) 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 $24,520 wide, against $38,260 across California and $29,740 nationally: employers in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks 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 $8,630 over it, while the 25th sits $15,890 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $11,135 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 25th percentile and the median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, and the California statewide median of $77,390 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

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 $21,710 to the $74,780 median and brings it to $96,490 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

Of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($80,100) and office managers ($73,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks (+18.9%); sales development representatives come last (-7.6%). The typical role here is at +8.0%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost more in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 2.8% across California and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $58,280 in Chico to $99,250 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $40,970 a year. Of the 7 areas in California with more paralegals than Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 2 pay less: Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($61,460) and Fresno, CA ($62,450).

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks is #101 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 California, Wenatchee-East Wenatchee and New York-Newark pay just above Oxnard-Thousand Oaks and Trenton-Princeton and Fairbanks-College just below. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, none pays as much.

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