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What legal assistants make
Typical
$57,000
Entry level
$39,000
Senior, big firm
$87,000
Job Bank's national median is $27.47 an hour, about $57,000 a year full time. Alberta pays the most, with a median near $32 an hour. Large downtown firms in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver pay above the range for experienced litigation or corporate assistants.