paralegal pay rates
Average Salary. Paralegals were paid an average $49,960 per year, or $24.02 per hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2011. The lowest-earning 10 percent received $29,390 annually, or $14.13 per hour; the highest-earning 10 percent made $75,400 per year, or $36.25 hourly.he federal government was the second highest source of jobs, with 6 percent of the positions, and mean wages at $64,750 annually, or $31.13 per hour. Ranking third for positions was local government, with 5 percent of the jobs and average pay at an annual $50,980, or hourly $24.51.