The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 | $37,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,850 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $83,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $83,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,120.
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 | $53,140 | 5.23% | 9.56% |
| 2021 | $50,360 | -28.83% | - |
| 2020 | $64,880 | -2.42% | - |
| 2019 | $66,450 | 9.87% | - |
| 2018 | $59,890 | 13.68% | - |
| 2017 | $51,700 | 1.08% | - |
| 2016 | $51,140 | 4.75% | - |
| 2015 | $48,710 | 8.60% | - |
| 2014 | $44,520 | -21.65% | - |
| 2013 | $54,160 | 11.26% | - |
| 2012 | $48,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,140 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is 38.1 percent (38.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 44.2 percent (44.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Chico.