SALARY · PARALEGALS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS · COLORADO

Paralegals and Legal Assistants salary in Colorado

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for paralegals and legal assistants in Colorado: $78,190 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$78,190

$38 per hour at the median · That is $15,300 (24.3 percent) above the national median of $62,890 for this occupation.

$80,760Mean annual salary
$39Mean hourly wage
$5,620People employed in this job in Colorado

Salary range

25th: $62,560Median: $78,19075th: $95,070
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$62,560
Median (50th percentile)$78,190
75th percentile$95,070
Mean$80,760

The middle half of workers earned from $62,560 to $95,070 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$61,105 a year
$5,092 a month
Federal tax $8,372 · FICA $5,982 · State tax $2,732

Caveat: the Colorado worksheet was retrieved via a reproduction, not a direct tax.colorado.gov page, and TABOR refunds are excluded.

The Denver occupational privilege tax is a flat dollar charge and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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