The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 | $36,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,510 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $77,360 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $79,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $79,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,160.
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 | $64,510 | 6.11% | 16.35% |
| 2021 | $60,570 | 18.24% | - |
| 2020 | $49,520 | 0.99% | - |
| 2019 | $49,030 | 1.39% | - |
| 2018 | $48,350 | -0.17% | - |
| 2017 | $48,430 | 3.63% | - |
| 2016 | $46,670 | 9.62% | - |
| 2015 | $42,180 | 7.28% | - |
| 2014 | $39,110 | -33.88% | - |
| 2013 | $52,360 | -3.06% | - |
| 2012 | $53,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,510 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 24.8 percent (24.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 54.1 percent (54.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.