Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  caustic(adj) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue. 2  acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic(adj) harsh or corrosive in tone.
Browse Vedder Price Salaries by Job Title â. Vedder Price Corporate Paralegals earn $46,000 annually, or $22 per hour, which is 26% lower than the national average for all Corporate Paralegals at $60,000 annually and 28% lower than the national salary average for âall working Americans.
Employers â The largest industry employers of paralegals are legal services (by far), government, and company/corporate management. Over the past five years the average paralegal salary statewide has gone up by $3,220. That brings the average salary in 2016 to $53,180, ranking North Carolina within the top-half of states in terms of salaries. Paralegals earning within the 90 th-percentile made $71,900 that year.