Corporate Paralegal Salary

Updated: 27 May 2012
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Salary$40,480 - $80,329  
   
Bonus$485.76 - $9,826  
Profit Sharing$515 - $8,054  
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$39,796 - $85,462  
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Law Firm / Law Office$36,814 - $74,687
Insurance$39,082 - $77,550
Healthcare$37,989 - $77,319
Financial Services$38,213 - $77,070
Information Technology (IT) Services$37,557 - $78,304

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Gender
Female
86%
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Male
14%
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Salary:$48,580 - $67,313 $43,403 - $65,022
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
2%
1-4 years
23%
5-9 years
25%
10-19 years
33%
20 years or more
17%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 87% dental benefits Dental: 77%
vision benefits Vision: 61% employee benefits None: 11%

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Corporate Paralegal

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$39,796 - $85,462
payscale
Paralegal
$26,954 - $62,363
Paralegal / Legal Assistant
$24,290 - $55,627
Legal Assistant
$22,616 - $52,158
 
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Corporate Paralegal

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$39,796 - $85,462
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Paralegal Supervisor
$35,531 - $84,598
Contract Administrator
$32,962 - $77,247
Contracts Manager
$44,108 - $121,174
 

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Corporate Paralegal Job Description

People with the job title Corporate Paralegal typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Assist lawyers by researching legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

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Dress, speak, and behave professionally.
Corporate Paralegal - (City withheld for privacy), District of Columbia, United States
If you want to be taken seriously, DO NOT COME to work looking like you are going to the mall or the club. Your boss and your colleagues are just humans, prone to talk about inappropriate outfits. Speak like a professional and speak like an adult, leave the "I was like..." and the slangs and double negatives at home and retrieve them later. Behave like a professional and you will be treated as one.
Posted in Impress New Employer on 5 Dec 2007
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Corporate Paralegal - (City withheld for privacy), District of Columbia, United States
I went back to school to pursue a degree in Legal Studies, which I earned in 2004. Along the way, I also earned a Certificate in Paralegal Studies. The certificate was awarded after a certain number of credits and I used that Certificate as my inspiration to go for the "gold," which was the Bachelor degree. Because I was also working full time and has a family, I opted to take a combination of Face to Face (FTF) and distance courses. The Distance courses honed my legal writing skills! I plan...
Posted in 5 Years Ago on 5 Dec 2007
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