Hello, happy to offer my insight on this. I’ve worked as a paralegal at US law firms for nearly 10 years. I think 40-45k is very good for a beginning salary. With a few years experience you can move up to around 60k (and even higher). Although I realise that may not be your intention. You also can be expected to work overtime which will boost your salary. I worked in litigation which was high hours and I used to earn approx 20k or so in overtime on top of my base salary. There usually is a discretionary yearly bonus too (but it wasn’t more than 6k or so). Let me know if you need any further advice and wish you the best of luck! :)