Paralegal
Knightcolumbia
New York, NY · $72k–$87k a year · Posted November 9, 2026
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November 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $79,785 a year. Across 166 open paralegal listings that state pay, the middle half runs $65,000 to $95,000 and the median is $80,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings and at the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among paralegals and legal assistants, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for paralegals and legal assistants: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
...national security journalism. The Knight Institute seeks an early career professional to support the Institute’s litigation work as a paralegal. The paralegal will be responsible for providing litigation and administrative support to the Institute’s groundbreaking free-...