The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano 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 | $30,470 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,390 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,430 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $80,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,470.
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 | $44,090 | 13.68% | 6.19% |
| 2021 | $38,060 | -24.30% | - |
| 2020 | $47,310 | 0.23% | - |
| 2019 | $47,200 | -1.27% | - |
| 2018 | $47,800 | 8.85% | - |
| 2017 | $43,570 | 7.34% | - |
| 2016 | $40,370 | 3.54% | - |
| 2015 | $38,940 | 0.28% | - |
| 2014 | $38,830 | -3.37% | - |
| 2013 | $40,140 | -3.04% | - |
| 2012 | $41,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,090 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach is 12.1 percent (12.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 44.7 percent (44.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.