The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $45,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $79,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $79,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,960.
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 | $59,580 | 20.19% | 28.13% |
| 2021 | $47,550 | -12.11% | - |
| 2020 | $53,310 | -0.28% | - |
| 2019 | $53,460 | 0.28% | - |
| 2018 | $53,310 | 4.93% | - |
| 2017 | $50,680 | 7.34% | - |
| 2016 | $46,960 | -0.28% | - |
| 2015 | $47,090 | 4.46% | - |
| 2014 | $44,990 | 4.36% | - |
| 2013 | $43,030 | 0.49% | - |
| 2012 | $42,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,580 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 30.6 percent (30.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 50.3 percent (50.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.