The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach 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 | $24,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,290 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $58,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,850.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $35,460 | -10.07% | -0.90% |
| 2016 | $39,030 | 5.30% | - |
| 2015 | $36,960 | -2.25% | - |
| 2014 | $37,790 | 5.32% | - |
| 2013 | $35,780 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $35,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,460 in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is 29.3 percent (29.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 31.3 percent (31.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.