The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 | $22,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,410 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $37,060 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,060. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,850.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $35,490 | 2.51% | 21.27% |
| 2020 | $34,600 | -4.60% | - |
| 2019 | $36,190 | 5.80% | - |
| 2018 | $34,090 | -7.89% | - |
| 2017 | $36,780 | 10.33% | - |
| 2016 | $32,980 | 4.40% | - |
| 2015 | $31,530 | 12.91% | - |
| 2014 | $27,460 | -0.40% | - |
| 2013 | $27,570 | -1.34% | - |
| 2012 | $27,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,490 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 36.7 percent (36.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Auburn-Opelika and 15.0 percent (15.0%) 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 |