The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $32,060 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,850 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $83,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $83,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,060.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $49,870 | -4.51% | -4.05% |
| 2016 | $52,120 | 1.38% | - |
| 2015 | $51,400 | -8.52% | - |
| 2014 | $55,780 | 6.70% | - |
| 2013 | $52,040 | 0.29% | - |
| 2012 | $51,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,870 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 41.9 percent (41.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 40.6 percent (40.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.