Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

Legal Assistant Today Announces 2007 Salary Survey Results

The results of Legal Assistant Today's annual salary survey are in, and the national average salary for paralegals in 2007 increased 3.7 percent to $52,979. Available in the March/April issue, the survey results include:

• National and regional breakdowns for 2007 salaries, bonuses, and raises.
  
• Comparisons of national and regional salary averages from 2002 to 2007.
  
• Regional salary breakdowns by education, experience and job environment.
  
• National statistics on billing requirements, benefits, job environment, certification and hiring requirements, exempt vs. nonexempt status, employment outlook and more.

LAT?s Salary Survey is mailed to a random sampling of paralegal subscribers across the nation every year, as well as e-mailed to paralegal subscribers who preregistered to take the survey electronically, asking more than 50 questions about their salaries, benefits and job environments.

Full post as published by A Paralegal's Blog on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).