How much do Paralegals and Legal Assistants make in Bakersfield-Delano, CA?

Percentile spread

For Paralegals and Legal Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $45,950 and the 90th percentile is $97,180. The difference is $51,230, which is 80.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $57,820 to the 75th at $78,970, covers $21,150.

The mean annual wage is $69,330, which sits above the median of $63,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA median is 0.8% higher than the national median of $62,890 for Paralegals and Legal Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,863, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% lower than the California median of $77,390.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 100.886, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Paralegals and Legal Assistants at $62,863 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Paralegals and Legal Assistants. Bakersfield-Delano, CA ranks 10th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Visalia, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $64,380 and employment of 120. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,493, against $62,863 here.
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $74,780 and employment of 520. That median is 17.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,653, against $62,863 here.
• Hanford-Corcoran, CA is 79 miles away, with a median of $69,600 and employment of 50. That median is 9.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,496, against $62,863 here.

Employment share

Paralegals and Legal Assistants accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Bakersfield-Delano, CA (300 of 338,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.25% of employment (392,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.