The annual salary statistics of medical secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $32,010 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,010.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical secretaries from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $46,200 | -1.15% | 22.71% |
| 2021 | $46,730 | 4.11% | - |
| 2020 | $44,810 | 6.00% | - |
| 2019 | $42,120 | 5.44% | - |
| 2018 | $39,830 | 7.68% | - |
| 2017 | $36,770 | 2.88% | - |
| 2016 | $35,710 | -1.51% | - |
| 2015 | $36,250 | 1.49% | - |
| 2012 | $35,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,200 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for medical secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical secretaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 26.3 percent (26.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.