Paralegal salary in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Pay in Salt Lake City-Murray against Utah and the US

Paralegals at the 90th percentile earn $102,020, 2.1 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of paralegals in Salt Lake City-Murray earns $49,730–$84,650. The mean ($71,600) is 11% 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 $34,920 wide, wider than in Utah as a whole ($31,370) and the US ($29,740), so what a paralegal earns in Salt Lake City-Murray depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a paralegal here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,940 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,980, or about $25,781 once benefits are added. 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, and the Utah statewide median of $63,220 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salt Lake City-Murray

At the $64,670 median, a local hire costs about $83,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,775 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 Salt Lake City-Murray

Of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,670) and executive assistants ($63,490). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,000.

Measured against the US median, paralegals rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray (+2.8%), between office managers (+3.4%) and medical administrative assistants (+2.2%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost more in Salt Lake City-Murray than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 2.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, 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. No other area in Utah has as many paralegals, and all 6 others pay less.

Salt Lake City-Murray against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salt Lake City-Murray is #39 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 Utah, Santa Cruz-Watsonville and New Orleans-Metairie pay just above Salt Lake City-Murray and Naples-Marco Island and Greeley just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Salt Lake City-Murray. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, one pays more.

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