Paralegal salary in Wichita, KS

Pay in Wichita against Kansas and the US

The middle half of paralegals in Wichita earns $47,000–$60,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $74,770, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.3 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $13,900 wide, against $17,170 across Kansas and $29,740 nationally: employers in Wichita 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 $10,660 over the median, the 25th only $3,240 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,755 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Wichita, and the Kansas statewide median of $55,000 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local paralegals earn.

What a hire really costs in Wichita

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 $14,586 to the $50,240 median and brings it to $64,826 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 Wichita

Of the 17 roles we track in Wichita, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($57,820) and bookkeepers ($46,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,170.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Wichita (-20.1%); e-commerce order specialists come first (-0.6%). The typical role here is at -12.2%, so, measured against the US, paralegals cost less in Wichita than the area's general pay level would suggest. Paralegals hold 1.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Wichita, 1.4% across Kansas and 2.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kansas

Across the 5 areas of Kansas with data for this job, the median runs from $47,400 in the Kansas nonmetro area to $52,530 in Lawrence, a gap of $5,130 a year. No other area in Kansas has as many paralegals, and 2 of the other 4 pay less.

Wichita against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wichita is #111 of 503 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Kansas, Warner Robins and Salisbury pay just above Wichita and Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Wichita. Of the three markets with about as many paralegals, all three pay more.

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