Experienced Legal Assistant with Filing Court Documents Skills Salary in Denver, Colorado

The average salary for an Experienced Legal Assistant with Filing Court Documents skills in Denver, Colorado is $55,000.

25%

$48k

MEDIAN

$55k

75%

$62k

Salary

$48k - $62k

Bonus

$0 - $750

Total Pay

$31k - $64k

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Job Description for Legal Assistant

A legal assistant, also called a paralegal, works either with individual lawyers at a firm or with legal teams. He or she helps lawyers with their caseloads by performing research, searching through documents and evidence, facilitating interviews, preparing memos and providing any other assistance before and during trial proceedings. One of the key roles of a legal assistant is to help lawyers with preparing and prioritizing evidence. A legal assistant is typically tasked with looking through th…Read more

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Popular Skills for Legal Assistant

Document Preparation

$55,481

13 responses

Case Management

$55,000

7 responses

Litigation Case Management

$46,255

6 responses

Microsoft Office

$55,500

6 responses

Office Administration

$57,784

5 responses

Skills in Document Preparation, Microsoft Office and Office Administration are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Litigation Case Management.

Pay by Experience Level for Legal Assistant

An early career Legal Assistant with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $35,900 based on 29 salaries. A mid-career Legal Assistant with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $47,500 based on 8 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $60,352.

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Employees with Legal Assistant in their job title in Los Angeles, California earn an average of 32.2% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Portland, Oregon (23.5% more) and Houston, Texas (6.9% more). The lowest salaries can be found in New York, New York (5.2% less), Dallas, Texas (1.8% less) and Chicago, Illinois (0.6% less).