Legal Affairs
Paralegal Aide, Level 2 - Tax & Bankruptcy
$50,198 to $70,247 a year
Posted until November 1, 2026 · posted September 2, 2026
Requirements
License or certificate
Exam
Competitive title
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From ≈ $24.13 an hour · $1,931 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $7.13/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$1,924 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 8 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $2,560 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
A license or certificate is part of the requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); or
- An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and two years of full-time satisfactory experience, acquired in the United States, in the performance of paralegal (legal assistant) services; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of full-time satisfactory experience, acquired in the United States, in the performance of paralegal (legal assistant) services; or
- A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1”, “2” or “3” above. Paralegal Certification obtained in the United States from an accredited program or from a program approved by the American Bar Association can be substituted for 12 months of experience. Undergraduate credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 12 months of experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization.
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To be acceptable, experience in paralegal (legal assistant) services must have involved the American Legal System.
Experience which is primarily legal secretarial or includes only incidental paralegal (legal assistant) services is not acceptable.
Special Note:
Individuals must have one additional year of pertinent paralegal experience or have a baccalaureate degree in addition to the requirements listed above to be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II duties and pay of Paralegal Aide.
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The work
What the job is.
The Paralegal Aide would perform tasks including: data entry into Law Manager, filing settlement documents with the Court including stipulations of settlement and stipulations of discontinuance,
processing documents such as audit report forms, requests for judicial intervention, 718 stipulations and mortgage foreclosures. Additionally, the
Paralegal Aide would prepare
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weekly court calendars for attorneys’ appearances by cross-referencing dozens of cases appearing in Court with Law Department records and notes, processing dozens of boxes of division mail received daily through entries into Law Manager and distributing mail to proper recipients.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.
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