In 2022, paralegals and legal assistants in the United States earned on average approximately 30 U.S. dollars per hour. In the same year, roughly 85 percent of
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2023). Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean Hourly Wage of Paralegals and Legal Assistants in The United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/