Paralegal
Troutman Pepper
Orange, CA · $85k–$125k a year · Posted October 26, 2026
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Where Orange, CA ranks
Where Orange, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Rankings about legal jobs
- Best cities for legal jobs #1 New York (854 openings)
- Best cities for legal pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($238k)
- Most requested AI skills in legal jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (3.9%)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $105,000 a year. Across 210 open paralegal listings that state pay, the middle half runs $65,000 to $95,000 and the median is $80,000. That is 31% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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.
About the job
... Paralegal The Paralegal is assigned to specific matters, clients, projects and/or attorneys and is responsible for providing high-level paralegal support through extensive coordination, legal research, and document management for the firm's Consumer Financial Services...