The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of legal secretaries in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $50,010 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $56,080 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $69,660 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $88,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $100,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $100,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,010.
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 | $69,660 | -3.14% | 1.59% |
| 2016 | $71,850 | 7.86% | - |
| 2015 | $66,200 | 1.99% | - |
| 2014 | $64,880 | 2.17% | - |
| 2013 | $63,470 | -8.00% | - |
| 2012 | $68,550 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $69,660 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.8 percent (18.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 57.5 percent (57.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.