what is the average salary for paralegals
Employers â The largest industry employers of paralegals are legal services (by far), government, and company/corporate management. Over the past five years the average paralegal salary statewide has gone up by $3,220. That brings the average salary in 2016 to $53,180, ranking North Carolina within the top-half of states in terms of salaries. Paralegals earning within the 90 th-percentile made $71,900 that year.