The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of legal secretaries in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 | $24,990 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $50,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,990.
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 | $38,490 | 21.43% | 13.80% |
| 2021 | $30,240 | 0.53% | - |
| 2020 | $30,080 | -29.06% | - |
| 2019 | $38,820 | 8.42% | - |
| 2018 | $35,550 | 0.17% | - |
| 2017 | $35,490 | -0.28% | - |
| 2016 | $35,590 | -11.21% | - |
| 2015 | $39,580 | 4.55% | - |
| 2014 | $37,780 | 13.79% | - |
| 2013 | $32,570 | -1.87% | - |
| 2012 | $33,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,490 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 36.7 percent (36.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.