diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useTableState.test.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useTableState.test.ts
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+import { vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import { useTableState } from './useTableState';
+import { createLocalStorage } from 'utils/createLocalStorage';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { act } from 'react-test-renderer';
+
+vi.mock('react-router-dom', () => ({
+    useSearchParams: vi.fn(() => [new URLSearchParams(), vi.fn()]),
+}));
+vi.mock('../utils/createLocalStorage', () => ({
+    createLocalStorage: vi.fn(() => ({
+        value: {},
+        setValue: vi.fn(),
+    })),
+}));
+
+const mockStorage = createLocalStorage as Mock;
+const mockQuery = useSearchParams as Mock;
+
+describe('useTableState', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        mockStorage.mockRestore();
+        mockQuery.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return default params', () => {
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState<{
+                page: '0';
+                pageSize: '10';
+            }>({ page: '0', pageSize: '10' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '0', pageSize: '10' });
+    });
+
+    it('should return params from local storage', () => {
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: { pageSize: 25 },
+            setValue: vi.fn(),
+        });
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ pageSize: '10' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ pageSize: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('should return params from url', () => {
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([new URLSearchParams('page=1'), vi.fn()]);
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ page: '0' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '1' });
+    });
+
+    it('should use params from url over local storage', () => {
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([
+            new URLSearchParams('page=2&pageSize=25'),
+            vi.fn(),
+        ]);
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: { pageSize: '10', sortOrder: 'desc' },
+            setValue: vi.fn(),
+        });
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ page: '1', pageSize: '5' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({
+            page: '2',
+            pageSize: '25',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('sets local state', () => {
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ page: '1' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ page: '2' });
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '2' });
+    });
+
+    it('keeps previous state', () => {
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ page: '1', pageSize: '10' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ page: '2' });
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '2', pageSize: '10' });
+    });
+
+    it('removes params from previous state', () => {
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState({ page: '1', pageSize: '10' }, 'test', [], []),
+        );
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ pageSize: undefined });
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '1' });
+
+        // ensure that there are no keys with undefined values
+        expect(Object.keys(result.current[0])).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('removes params from url', () => {
+        const querySetter = vi.fn();
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([new URLSearchParams('page=2'), querySetter]);
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState(
+                { page: '1', pageSize: '10' },
+                'test',
+                ['page', 'pageSize'],
+                [],
+            ),
+        );
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '2', pageSize: '10' });
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ page: '10', pageSize: undefined });
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ page: '10' });
+
+        expect(querySetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            page: '10',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('removes params from local storage', () => {
+        const storageSetter = vi.fn();
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: { sortBy: 'type' },
+            setValue: storageSetter,
+        });
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState(
+                { sortBy: 'createdAt', pageSize: '10' },
+                'test',
+                [],
+                ['sortBy', 'pageSize'],
+            ),
+        );
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ sortBy: 'type', pageSize: '10' });
+
+        act(() => {
+            result.current[1]({ pageSize: undefined });
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({ sortBy: 'type' });
+
+        expect(storageSetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            sortBy: 'type',
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('saves default parameters if not explicitly provided', (key) => {
+        const querySetter = vi.fn();
+        const storageSetter = vi.fn();
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([new URLSearchParams(), querySetter]);
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: {},
+            setValue: storageSetter,
+        });
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTableState({}, 'test'));
+
+        act(() => {
+            result.current[1]({
+                unspecified: 'test',
+                page: '2',
+                pageSize: '10',
+                search: 'test',
+                sortBy: 'type',
+                sortOrder: 'favorites',
+                favorites: 'false',
+                columns: ['test', 'id'],
+            });
+        });
+
+        expect(storageSetter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(storageSetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            pageSize: '10',
+            search: 'test',
+            sortBy: 'type',
+            sortOrder: 'favorites',
+            favorites: 'false',
+            columns: ['test', 'id'],
+        });
+        expect(querySetter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(querySetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            page: '2',
+            pageSize: '10',
+            search: 'test',
+            sortBy: 'type',
+            sortOrder: 'favorites',
+            favorites: 'false',
+            columns: ['test', 'id'],
+        });
+    });
+
+    it("doesn't save default params if explicitly specified", () => {
+        const storageSetter = vi.fn();
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: {},
+            setValue: storageSetter,
+        });
+        const querySetter = vi.fn();
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([new URLSearchParams(), querySetter]);
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState<{
+                [key: string]: string | string[];
+            }>({}, 'test', ['saveOnlyThisToUrl'], ['page']),
+        );
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({
+                saveOnlyThisToUrl: 'test',
+                page: '2',
+                pageSize: '10',
+                search: 'test',
+                sortBy: 'type',
+                sortOrder: 'favorites',
+                favorites: 'false',
+                columns: ['test', 'id'],
+            });
+        });
+
+        expect(querySetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ saveOnlyThisToUrl: 'test' });
+        expect(storageSetter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ page: '2' });
+    });
+
+    it('can reset state to the default instead of overwriting', () => {
+        mockStorage.mockReturnValue({
+            value: { pageSize: 25 },
+            setValue: vi.fn(),
+        });
+        mockQuery.mockReturnValue([new URLSearchParams('page=4'), vi.fn()]);
+
+        const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+            useTableState<{
+                page: string;
+                pageSize?: string;
+                sortBy?: string;
+            }>({ page: '1', pageSize: '10' }, 'test'),
+        );
+
+        const setParams = result.current[1];
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ sortBy: 'type' });
+        });
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({
+            page: '4',
+            pageSize: '10',
+            sortBy: 'type',
+        });
+
+        act(() => {
+            setParams({ pageSize: '50' }, true);
+        });
+
+        expect(result.current[0]).toEqual({
+            page: '1',
+            pageSize: '50',
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useTableState.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useTableState.ts
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+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { createLocalStorage } from '../utils/createLocalStorage';
+
+const filterObjectKeys = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+    obj: T,
+    keys: Array<keyof T>,
+) =>
+    Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(obj).filter(([key]) => keys.includes(key as keyof T)),
+    ) as T;
+
+const defaultStoredKeys = [
+    'pageSize',
+    'search',
+    'sortBy',
+    'sortOrder',
+    'favorites',
+    'columns',
+];
+const defaultQueryKeys = [...defaultStoredKeys, 'page'];
+
+/**
+ * There are 3 sources of params, in order of priority:
+ *   1. local state
+ *   2. search params from the url
+ *   3. stored params in local storage
+ *   4. default parameters
+ *
+ * `queryKeys` will be saved in the url
+ * `storedKeys` will be saved in local storage
+ *
+ * @param defaultParams initial state
+ * @param storageId identifier for the local storage
+ * @param queryKeys array of elements to be saved in the url
+ * @param storageKeys array of elements to be saved in local storage
+ */
+export const useTableState = <Params extends Record<string, string | string[]>>(
+    defaultParams: Params,
+    storageId: string,
+    queryKeys?: Array<keyof Params>,
+    storageKeys?: Array<keyof Params>,
+) => {
+    const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+    const { value: storedParams, setValue: setStoredParams } =
+        createLocalStorage(`${storageId}:tableQuery`, defaultParams);
+
+    const searchQuery = Object.fromEntries(searchParams.entries());
+    const [params, setParams] = useState({
+        ...defaultParams,
+        ...(Object.keys(searchQuery).length ? {} : storedParams),
+        ...searchQuery,
+    } as Params);
+
+    const updateParams = (value: Partial<Params>, reset = false) => {
+        const newState: Params = reset
+            ? { ...defaultParams, ...value }
+            : {
+                  ...params,
+                  ...value,
+              };
+
+        // remove keys with undefined values
+        Object.keys(newState).forEach((key) => {
+            if (newState[key] === undefined) {
+                delete newState[key];
+            }
+        });
+
+        setParams(newState);
+        setSearchParams(
+            filterObjectKeys(newState, queryKeys || defaultQueryKeys),
+        );
+        setStoredParams(
+            filterObjectKeys(newState, storageKeys || defaultStoredKeys),
+        );
+
+        return params;
+    };
+
+    return [params, updateParams] as const;
+};