Paralegal salary in Provo-Orem, UT

Pay in Provo-Orem against Utah and the US

Paralegals at the 90th percentile earn $80,560, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of paralegals in Provo-Orem earns $45,130–$66,350. The mean ($55,910) is 17% 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 $21,220 wide, against $31,370 across Utah and $29,740 nationally: employers in Provo-Orem 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 $18,520 over the median, the 25th only $2,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,897 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 Provo-Orem, and the Utah statewide median of $63,220 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Provo-Orem

At the $47,830 median, a local hire costs about $61,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,886 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 Provo-Orem

Of the 16 roles we track in Provo-Orem, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between executive assistants ($54,170) and bookkeepers ($47,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,180.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Provo-Orem (-23.9%), between marketing specialists (-20.1%) and executive assistants (-29.3%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in Provo-Orem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Provo-Orem, 1.7% across Utah and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $46,290 in Logan to $64,670 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $18,380 a year. The one area in Utah with more paralegals, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($64,670), also pays more.

Provo-Orem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Provo-Orem is #115 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 Utah, Jefferson City and Gainesville pay just above Provo-Orem and Dalton and Little Rock-North Little Rock just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Provo-Orem. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, two pay more.

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