In 2023, ** percent of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States were women. In the same year, the best paying state in that occupation was the District of Columbia.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 22, 2024). Share of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender." Chart. January 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Share of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Paralegals and Legal Assistants in The United States from 2020 to 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/ (last visited July 20, 2025)
Share of paralegals and legal assistants in the United States from 2020 to 2023, by gender [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1086822/share-paralegals-legal-assistants-united-states-gender/