diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
index 8d1837f0e6..cd36f72c7c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ th.asc a:focus span.sorting-indicator {
 	cursor: default;
 	height: 30px;
 	color: #555;
-	line-height: 30px;
+	line-height: 2.5;
 	font-size: 12px;
 }
 
@@ -563,8 +563,10 @@ th.asc a:focus span.sorting-indicator {
 	padding: 0 10px 3px;
 	background: #eee;
 	background: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.05 );
+	display: inline-block;
 	font-size: 16px;
 	font-weight: normal;
+	line-height: 1.3333;
 }
 
 .tablenav .tablenav-pages a:hover,
@@ -1614,6 +1616,7 @@ div.action-links,
 
 	.tablenav-pages .pagination-links a {
 		padding: 8px 20px 11px;
+		display: inline;
 		font-size: 18px;
 		background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
 	}
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index c58b11c487..3acb4d5830 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 
 		$page_links = array();
 
+		$total_pages_before = '<span class="paging-input">';
+		$total_pages_after  = '</span>';
+
 		$disable_first = $disable_last = '';
 		if ( $current == 1 ) {
 			$disable_first = ' disabled';
@@ -708,44 +711,44 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 		if ( $current == $total_pages ) {
 			$disable_last = ' disabled';
 		}
-		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' title='%s' href='%s'>%s</a>",
+		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' href='%s'><span class='screen-reader-text'>%s</span><span aria-hidden='true'>%s</span></a>",
 			'first-page' . $disable_first,
-			esc_attr__( 'Go to the first page' ),
 			esc_url( remove_query_arg( 'paged', $current_url ) ),
+			__( 'First page' ),
 			'&laquo;'
 		);
 
-		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' title='%s' href='%s'>%s</a>",
+		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' href='%s'><span class='screen-reader-text'>%s</span><span aria-hidden='true'>%s</span></a>",
 			'prev-page' . $disable_first,
-			esc_attr__( 'Go to the previous page' ),
 			esc_url( add_query_arg( 'paged', max( 1, $current-1 ), $current_url ) ),
+			__( 'Previous page' ),
 			'&lsaquo;'
 		);
 
 		if ( 'bottom' == $which ) {
-			$html_current_page = $current;
+			$html_current_page  = $current;
+			$total_pages_before = '<span id="table-paging" class="paging-input">';
 		} else {
-			$html_current_page = sprintf( "%s<input class='current-page' id='current-page-selector' title='%s' type='text' name='paged' value='%s' size='%d' />",
-				'<label for="current-page-selector" class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Select Page' ) . '</label>',
-				esc_attr__( 'Current page' ),
+			$html_current_page = sprintf( "%s<input class='current-page' id='current-page-selector' type='text' name='paged' value='%s' size='%d' aria-describedby='table-paging' />",
+				'<label for="current-page-selector" class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Current Page' ) . '</label>',
 				$current,
 				strlen( $total_pages )
 			);
 		}
 		$html_total_pages = sprintf( "<span class='total-pages'>%s</span>", number_format_i18n( $total_pages ) );
-		$page_links[] = '<span class="paging-input">' . sprintf( _x( '%1$s of %2$s', 'paging' ), $html_current_page, $html_total_pages ) . '</span>';
+		$page_links[] = $total_pages_before . sprintf( _x( '%1$s of %2$s', 'paging' ), $html_current_page, $html_total_pages ) . $total_pages_after;
 
-		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' title='%s' href='%s'>%s</a>",
+		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' href='%s'><span class='screen-reader-text'>%s</span><span aria-hidden='true'>%s</span></a>",
 			'next-page' . $disable_last,
-			esc_attr__( 'Go to the next page' ),
 			esc_url( add_query_arg( 'paged', min( $total_pages, $current+1 ), $current_url ) ),
+			__( 'Next page' ),
 			'&rsaquo;'
 		);
 
-		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' title='%s' href='%s'>%s</a>",
+		$page_links[] = sprintf( "<a class='%s' href='%s'><span class='screen-reader-text'>%s</span><span aria-hidden='true'>%s</span></a>",
 			'last-page' . $disable_last,
-			esc_attr__( 'Go to the last page' ),
 			esc_url( add_query_arg( 'paged', $total_pages, $current_url ) ),
+			__( 'Last page' ),
 			'&raquo;'
 		);