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Legal Support Workers, All Other pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Legal Support Workers, All Other is $83,140 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $169,690 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 51.0% below Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 23-2099 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,560 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 6,430 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.