What are the main factors that influence an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL?

The Financial Services industry offers the highest average compensation for Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL roles, with salaries approximately 55% above the market median.

How does experience change An Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary?

An Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary grows with experience: starting around $67,318 for beginners, reaching about $91,184 at mid-level, and approach $146,242 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL?

Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL roles are District of Columbia $91,608, California $91,260, Massachusetts $90,044. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL roles make?

Salaries for Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL level roles vary by specialization: Administrative Director: $162,799; Administrative Manager: $132,199; Administrative Assistant General Administrative: $54,797; Administrative Assistant/Property Administrative: $53,914.

Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salary in Vermont

How much does an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL make in Vermont? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL in Vermont is $81,208 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $101,071
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $73,684 to $91,605
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $66,835

10% $66,835

50% (Median) $81,208

90% $101,071

Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$91,605	$7,634	$1,762	$44
Average	$81,208	$6,767	$1,562	$39
25th Percentile	$73,684	$6,140	$1,417	$35

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Key Factors That Influence Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salaries

An Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $67,318
Early Career (1-2 years): $79,042
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $91,184
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $114,078
Expert (over 8 years): $146,242

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Paralegal I	less than 1 year	$67,318
Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL	1-2 years	$79,042
Paralegal III	2-4 years	$91,184
Paralegal IV	5-8 years	$114,078
Paralegal V	over 8 years	$146,242

How Do Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGALs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $91,608.
California: $91,260.
Massachusetts: $90,044.

District of Columbia $91,608 California $91,260 Massachusetts $90,044 Washington $89,713 New Jersey $89,680 Alaska $89,564 Connecticut $88,422 New York $87,959

Hawaii $86,478 Rhode Island $85,783 Maryland $85,311 Minnesota $84,666 Colorado $84,418 Illinois $84,335 Oregon $84,021 Delaware $83,789

New Hampshire $83,643 Virginia $83,317 Pennsylvania $82,366 Nevada $81,886 North Dakota $81,729 Michigan $81,481 Wisconsin $81,390 Vermont $81,208

Texas $80,703 Maine $80,670 Arizona $80,620 Ohio $80,562 Georgia $79,801 Indiana $79,420 Wyoming $79,346 Utah $79,230

Iowa $79,181 Kansas $78,783 Louisiana $78,668 North Carolina $78,626 Missouri $78,610 Florida $78,287 Montana $78,113 Nebraska $77,948

Kentucky $77,857 South Carolina $77,526 Tennessee $77,319 Idaho $77,236 New Mexico $76,632 Oklahoma $76,500 Alabama $76,012 South Dakota $75,193

Arkansas $74,746 West Virginia $74,506 Mississippi $73,786

Top Paying Cities for Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $83,123
Barre: $83,248
Cabot: $83,065

Adamant, VT $83,123

Barre, VT $83,248

Cabot, VT $83,065

Calais, VT $83,138

East Barre, VT $83,121

East Calais, VT $83,123

East Montpelier, VT $83,178

Eden, VT $83,068

Eden Mills, VT $82,993

Graniteville, VT $83,243

Hyde Park, VT $83,191

Johnson, VT $83,296

Lake Elmore, VT $83,098

Marshfield, VT $83,079

Moretown, VT $83,302

Morrisville, VT $83,292

Moscow, VT $83,334

Northfield, VT $83,200

Northfield Falls, VT $83,589

North Hyde Park, VT $83,185

North Montpelier, VT $83,102

Plainfield, VT $83,090

Roxbury, VT $82,949

South Barre, VT $83,345

Waterbury, VT $83,326

Stowe, VT $83,337

Waitsfield, VT $83,291

Warren, VT $83,135

Washington, VT $82,973

Waterbury Center, VT $83,323

Websterville, VT $83,230

Williamstown, VT $83,133

Wolcott, VT $83,087

Woodbury, VT $83,006

Worcester, VT $83,088

Rutland, VT $83,086

Belmont, VT $82,829

Benson, VT $82,828

Bomoseen, VT $82,959

Brandon, VT $83,020

Bridport, VT $83,030

Castleton, VT $82,975

Center Rutland, VT $83,032

Chittenden, VT $82,841

Cuttingsville, VT $82,812

Danby, VT $82,953

East Middlebury, VT $83,075

East Poultney, VT $82,963

East Wallingford, VT $82,872

Fair Haven, VT $82,902

Florence, VT $82,873

Forest Dale, VT $83,024

Gaysville, VT $82,497

Granville, VT $82,886

Hancock, VT $82,873

Hydeville, VT $82,969

Killington, VT $82,864

Middlebury, VT $83,203

Middletown Springs, VT $82,918

Mount Holly, VT $82,841

North Clarendon, VT $82,963

Orwell, VT $82,953

Pawlet, VT $82,983

Pittsfield, VT $82,912

Pittsford, VT $82,991

Poultney, VT $82,976

Proctor, VT $83,068

Ripton, VT $82,972

Rochester, VT $82,929

Rupert, VT $82,920

Salisbury, VT $83,053

Shoreham, VT $82,982

Stockbridge, VT $82,835

Wallingford, VT $82,880

Wells, VT $82,987

West Pawlet, VT $83,015

West Rupert, VT $82,995

West Rutland, VT $82,944

Whiting, VT $82,986

Saint Johnsbury, VT $83,075

Albany, VT $83,027

Barnet, VT $82,987

Barton, VT $83,018

Beebe Plain, VT $83,043

Concord, VT $82,908

Coventry, VT $83,140

Craftsbury, VT $83,051

Craftsbury Common, VT $83,055

Danville, VT $83,005

Derby, VT $83,043

Derby Line, VT $82,981

East Burke, VT $82,978

East Charleston, VT $82,987

East Hardwick, VT $83,031

East Haven, VT $82,797

East Saint Johnsbury, VT $83,073

Glover, VT $82,993

Granby, VT $82,695

Greensboro, VT $82,965

Greensboro Bend, VT $83,018

Hardwick, VT $83,110

Irasburg, VT $82,997

Island Pond, VT $82,862

Lowell, VT $82,969

Lower Waterford, VT $83,064

Lyndon, VT $83,049

Lyndon Center, VT $83,143

Lyndonville, VT $83,053

Morgan, VT $82,903

Newport, VT $83,092

Newport Center, VT $82,987

North Concord, VT $82,770

North Troy, VT $82,998

Orleans, VT $82,967

Passumpsic, VT $83,080

Peacham, VT $82,913

Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $83,082

Sheffield, VT $82,935

Sutton, VT $82,929

Troy, VT $83,006

West Burke, VT $82,984

West Charleston, VT $82,945

West Danville, VT $83,010

Westfield, VT $82,943

West Glover, VT $83,001

Averill, VT $82,517

Beecher Falls, VT $83,053

Canaan, VT $82,846

Gilman, VT $83,211

Guildhall, VT $82,737

Lunenburg, VT $82,917

Norton, VT $82,683

North Bennington, VT $83,606

North Pownal, VT $83,775

Pownal, VT $83,822

White River Junction, VT $83,064

Ascutney, VT $83,103

Barnard, VT $82,876

Bethel, VT $82,927

Bradford, VT $83,014

Bridgewater, VT $82,961

Bridgewater Corners, VT $82,796

Brookfield, VT $83,008

Brownsville, VT $82,963

Chelsea, VT $82,960

Corinth, VT $82,938

East Corinth, VT $82,972

East Randolph, VT $82,988

East Ryegate, VT $82,916

East Thetford, VT $83,019

Fairlee, VT $82,929

Groton, VT $82,952

Hartford, VT $83,280

Hartland, VT $82,989

Hartland Four Corners, VT $82,986

Mc Indoe Falls, VT $83,199

Newbury, VT $82,942

North Hartland, VT $83,048

North Pomfret, VT $82,905

North Thetford, VT $83,017

Norwich, VT $83,001

Plymouth, VT $82,737

Post Mills, VT $82,999

Quechee, VT $83,085

Randolph, VT $83,070

Randolph Center, VT $83,028

Reading, VT $82,805

Sharon, VT $82,925

South Pomfret, VT $82,846

South Royalton, VT $82,949

South Ryegate, VT $82,966

South Strafford, VT $82,945

South Woodstock, VT $82,826

Strafford, VT $82,873

Taftsville, VT $83,092

Thetford, VT $83,019

Thetford Center, VT $82,932

Topsham, VT $82,907

Tunbridge, VT $82,923

Vershire, VT $82,884

Wells River, VT $82,972

West Fairlee, VT $83,124

West Hartford, VT $82,907

West Newbury, VT $82,939

West Topsham, VT $82,973

Wilder, VT $83,284

Windsor, VT $83,023

Woodstock, VT $82,921

Bellows Falls, VT $83,224

Cambridgeport, VT $83,129

Cavendish, VT $82,852

Chester, VT $82,935

Chester Depot, VT $82,905

Grafton, VT $82,872

Londonderry, VT $83,021

Ludlow, VT $82,896

North Springfield, VT $83,185

Perkinsville, VT $82,959

Peru, VT $82,934

Proctorsville, VT $82,867

Saxtons River, VT $83,207

South Londonderry, VT $83,073

Springfield, VT $83,145

Westminster, VT $83,223

Westminster Station, VT $83,229

Weston, VT $82,849

Shaftsbury, VT $83,507

Brattleboro, VT $83,394

Bondville, VT $83,049

East Dover, VT $83,217

Jacksonville, VT $83,427

Jamaica, VT $83,050

Marlboro, VT $83,806

Newfane, VT $83,163

Putney, VT $83,145

Readsboro, VT $83,816

South Newfane, VT $83,192

Stamford, VT $83,756

Townshend, VT $83,087

Vernon, VT $83,648

Wardsboro, VT $83,148

West Dover, VT $83,284

West Dummerston, VT $83,183

West Halifax, VT $83,312

West Townshend, VT $82,976

West Wardsboro, VT $82,977

Whitingham, VT $83,397

Williamsville, VT $83,183

Wilmington, VT $83,346

Burlington, VT $83,574

South Burlington, VT $83,569

Winooski, VT $83,574

Colchester, VT $83,574

Alburgh, VT $83,157

Bakersfield, VT $83,280

Belvidere Center, VT $82,978

Bristol, VT $83,298

Cambridge, VT $83,397

Charlotte, VT $83,461

East Berkshire, VT $83,200

East Fairfield, VT $83,324

Enosburg Falls, VT $83,094

Essex, VT $83,510

Essex Junction, VT $83,516

Fairfax, VT $83,403

Fairfield, VT $83,322

Ferrisburgh, VT $83,368

Franklin, VT $83,099

Grand Isle, VT $83,411

Highgate Center, VT $83,169

Highgate Springs, VT $83,212

Hinesburg, VT $83,459

Huntington, VT $83,396

Isle La Motte, VT $83,260

Jeffersonville, VT $83,341

Jericho, VT $83,441

Jonesville, VT $83,458

Milton, VT $83,480

Monkton, VT $83,392

Montgomery, VT $83,094

Montgomery Center, VT $82,993

New Haven, VT $83,288

North Ferrisburgh, VT $83,405

North Hero, VT $83,322

Richford, VT $83,080

Richmond, VT $83,450

Saint Albans, VT $83,360

Saint Albans Bay, VT $83,349

Shelburne, VT $83,537

Sheldon, VT $83,260

Sheldon Springs, VT $83,465

South Hero, VT $83,486

Starksboro, VT $83,346

Swanton, VT $83,245

Underhill, VT $83,422

Underhill Center, VT $83,424

Vergennes, VT $83,262

Waterville, VT $83,290

Westford, VT $83,463

Williston, VT $83,526

Montpelier, VT $83,235

Bennington, VT $83,667

Arlington, VT $83,373

Dorset, VT $83,049

East Arlington, VT $83,017

East Dorset, VT $83,050

Manchester, VT $83,274

Manchester Center, VT $83,220

Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 100% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 55% above the average. In contrast, Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL positions in MFG Nondurable or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Financial Services	$125,872	$61.0	55%
Pharmaceuticals	$117,751	$57.0	45%
Energy & Utilities	$109,630	$53.0	35%
Biotechnology	$105,570	$51.0	30%
Internet	$97,449	$47.0	20%

Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Administrative ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$73,684

Average $81,208/year

$91,605

$6,140

Average $6,767/month

$7,634

$1,417

Average $1,562/week

$1,762

$35

Average $39/hour

$44

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$91,605	$7,634	$1,762	$44
Average	$81,208	$6,767	$1,562	$39
25th Percentile	$73,684	$6,140	$1,417	$35

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