How much do Paralegals and Legal Assistants make in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI?

Percentile spread

For Paralegals and Legal Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $38,010 and the 90th percentile is $72,020. The difference is $34,010, which is 70.9% 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 $45,410 to the 75th at $57,310, covers $11,900.

The mean annual wage is $52,120, which sits above the median of $47,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI median is 23.8% lower than the national median of $62,890 for Paralegals and Legal Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,816, which is 17.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.9% lower than the Michigan median of $62,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI is 92.519, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Paralegals and Legal Assistants at $51,816 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Paralegals and Legal Assistants. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI ranks 28th of 30 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).).

• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 47 miles away, with a median of $62,370 and employment of 870. That median is 30.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,277, against $51,816 here.
• Sheboygan, WI is 69 miles away, with a median of $51,410 and employment of 70. That median is 7.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,683, against $51,816 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 81 miles away, with a median of $60,340 and employment of 1,880. That median is 25.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,247, against $51,816 here.

Employment share

Paralegals and Legal Assistants accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI (60 of 62,340). Nationally the occupation is 0.25% of employment (392,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.38 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.