The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $49,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $85,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,290 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,290. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,570.
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 | $85,790 | 11.62% | 29.01% |
| 2021 | $75,820 | -3.75% | - |
| 2020 | $78,660 | 1.30% | - |
| 2019 | $77,640 | 8.40% | - |
| 2018 | $71,120 | 3.57% | - |
| 2017 | $68,580 | 2.32% | - |
| 2016 | $66,990 | 0.01% | - |
| 2015 | $66,980 | 7.87% | - |
| 2014 | $61,710 | -0.36% | - |
| 2013 | $61,930 | 1.66% | - |
| 2012 | $60,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $85,790, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of California, followed by Santa Maria-Santa Barbara (median annual salary $78,850). In comparison, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 8.1 percent (8.1%) higher than that in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara.