Senior Paralegal salary in New York, NY

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Flushing, Little Falls Township, Newark, Bronx.

Also listed as: Legal Assistant, Legal Analyst

Median salary$80,101
Middle 50%$77k–$80.5k
vs. all levels here+4%comparison median $76,939
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $76,939 and $89,849.
PercentileSalary
10th$76,939
25th$76,985
50th (median)$80,101
75th$80,468
90th$84,107

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $75k $90k FY2022: median $66,820 (10 filings) FY2023: median $72,400 (14 filings) FY2024: median $72,197 (11 filings) FY2025: median $80,200 (13 filings) FY2026: median $77,000 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 2 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 15
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––2
FY2022$66,820$64,854$74,45010
FY2023$72,400$67,436$78,75014
FY2024$72,197$72,197$74,50011
FY2025$80,200$80,101$81,12013
FY2026$77,000$76,939$79,99815

Cost of living

New York's median senior Paralegal salary of $80,101 is worth about $71,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Paralegals and Legal Assistants in the New York, NY area earned a median of $75,330 in May 2025 (33,850 employed). The H-1B median here is $80,101, 6% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Grape Law Firm Pllctoo few6
The Kasen and Liu Law Firm PLLCtoo few4
Ahmuty Demers & McManustoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $52,958 34
Mid-level · Level II $65,374 48
Senior · Level III $80,101 28
Expert · Level IV $93,000 54

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$52,541$52,95834
Mid-level · Level II$64,813$65,37448
Senior · Level III$76,939$80,10128
Expert · Level IV$89,045$93,00054

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.