average yearly income for a paralegal
Connecticut Paralegal Salaries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 4,200 paralegals employed throughout Connecticut as of 2011. Their statewide average salary was $52,570, while those in the 90th percentile brought in about $24,220 more, making an average of $76,790. The majority were found working in East Hartford and West Hartford where there was a total workforce of 2,030. The highest paid paralegals were noted to be employed in Bridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk where they had an average salary of $52,410 and the top ten percent averaged $73,980. Salary and employment data has been compiled by the United States Department of Laborâs Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2010.