The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 | $35,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $81,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $81,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,460.
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 | $78,850 | 48.94% | 54.39% |
| 2021 | $40,260 | -15.90% | - |
| 2020 | $46,660 | 0.45% | - |
| 2019 | $46,450 | 6.59% | - |
| 2018 | $43,390 | 14.34% | - |
| 2017 | $37,170 | 3.26% | - |
| 2016 | $35,960 | -27.81% | - |
| 2015 | $45,960 | 21.76% | - |
| 2012 | $35,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $78,850, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is the second highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $85,790). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 8.1 percent (8.1%) lower.