The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Lakeland-Winter Haven 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 | $30,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,110 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $43,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $50,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $43,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,980.
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 | $43,000 | 13.51% | 22.88% |
| 2021 | $37,190 | -11.86% | - |
| 2020 | $41,600 | 0.67% | - |
| 2019 | $41,320 | 1.38% | - |
| 2018 | $40,750 | 7.07% | - |
| 2017 | $37,870 | 5.20% | - |
| 2016 | $35,900 | 0.64% | - |
| 2015 | $35,670 | 1.09% | - |
| 2014 | $35,280 | 5.07% | - |
| 2013 | $33,490 | 0.99% | - |
| 2012 | $33,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $43,000 in Lakeland-Winter Haven is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Lakeland-Winter Haven is 14.2 percent (14.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 43.3 percent (43.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.