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SALARY GUIDE 2026 · LEGAL

What legal professionals are asking to be paid.

Real numbers from 92 candidate questionnaires and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: pay by title, where they'll work.

$82KTypical ask for a Paralegal
22%Are looking for growth or a next step
76%Would work fully in the office

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Contracts / Compliance$65K
Legal Assistant / Secretary$72K
Paralegal$82K

Desired base salary, median, from 40 candidates (January 2025 – October 2026). The guide also has the middle-half range and the lowest pay people say they'd accept.

What else is in the guide

  • Where they'll work: hybrid, in the office, or remote
  • How often people leave, from BLS turnover data
  • Metro Atlanta pay from the BLS for comparison
  • Five ways to hire better this year

Only group totals are shown. No one's individual answers are in the guide.

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