The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $27,490 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,260 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,300 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $60,140 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,490.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $42,300 | 11.87% | 10.85% |
| 2021 | $37,280 | 5.34% | - |
| 2020 | $35,290 | 0.06% | - |
| 2019 | $35,270 | 2.38% | - |
| 2018 | $34,430 | -10.60% | - |
| 2017 | $38,080 | 0.97% | - |
| 2016 | $37,710 | 0.72% | - |
| 2015 | $37,440 | -0.72% | - |
| 2012 | $37,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,300 in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley is 24.5 percent (24.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Auburn-Opelika and 28.7 percent (28.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Montgomery | |
| Huntsville | |
| Mobile | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dothan | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Gadsden | |
| Decatur | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |