The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $37,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,820 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,640 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,040.
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 | $76,820 | -0.33% | 19.64% |
| 2021 | $77,070 | 2.08% | - |
| 2020 | $75,470 | 11.01% | - |
| 2019 | $67,160 | -0.28% | - |
| 2018 | $67,350 | 1.19% | - |
| 2017 | $66,550 | -2.06% | - |
| 2016 | $67,920 | 6.55% | - |
| 2015 | $63,470 | 2.88% | - |
| 2014 | $61,640 | 3.28% | - |
| 2013 | $59,620 | -3.54% | - |
| 2012 | $61,730 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,820 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 10.5 percent (10.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 61.4 percent (61.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.