In 2020, paralegals and legal assistants in the United States earned on average 27.22 U.S. dollars per hour. In the same year, 85.4 percent of
Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2021). Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2022, 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 2020 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Mean hourly wage of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2022. 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 2020 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2021, 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 2020 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086962/mean-hourly-wage-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states/ (last visited June 30, 2022)