The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of legal secretaries in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 | $31,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $60,930 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,720.
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 | $46,070 | 16.87% | 38.70% |
| 2021 | $38,300 | 8.46% | - |
| 2020 | $35,060 | 5.53% | - |
| 2019 | $33,120 | 3.08% | - |
| 2018 | $32,100 | -7.23% | - |
| 2017 | $34,420 | 17.95% | - |
| 2016 | $28,240 | 9.24% | - |
| 2015 | $25,630 | -0.98% | - |
| 2014 | $25,880 | -9.12% | - |
| 2012 | $28,240 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,070 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin is 8.1 percent (8.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 47.1 percent (47.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.