The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $36,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,650 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,650 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $72,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $81,740 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $81,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,900.
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 | $47,650 | -29.84% | -6.80% |
| 2021 | $61,870 | -0.45% | - |
| 2020 | $62,150 | 14.55% | - |
| 2019 | $53,110 | 0.40% | - |
| 2018 | $52,900 | 5.14% | - |
| 2017 | $50,180 | -1.41% | - |
| 2016 | $50,890 | 2.12% | - |
| 2015 | $49,810 | -2.17% | - |
| 2012 | $50,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,650 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 44.5 percent (44.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.8 percent (37.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.