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Paralegal Specialist salary: median $86,000 a year

Paralegal Specialist listings that state pay run from $73,000 to $97,000 for the middle half, based on 27 current job listings. 41 paralegal specialist roles are open now.

Paralegal Specialist pay range

From 27 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$73,000
Median
$86,000
Upper quarter
$97,000

Do AI skills change paralegal specialist pay?

For Legal roles in general, as of November 11, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for paralegal specialist alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Legal listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $210,000, against $137,500 for those that never mention AI (+52.7%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$210,000
median, from 277 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$137,500
median, from 759 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Legal pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

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Paralegal Specialist salary questions

How much does a paralegal specialist make?
Among 27 open paralegal specialist listings that state pay, the median is $86,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $73,000 and $97,000.
Where does this paralegal specialist pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.

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