The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City 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 | $27,600 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,210 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,720 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,600.
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 | $38,210 | 4.71% | 10.63% |
| 2021 | $36,410 | 19.01% | - |
| 2020 | $29,490 | -7.29% | - |
| 2018 | $31,640 | 0.38% | - |
| 2017 | $31,520 | -6.19% | - |
| 2016 | $33,470 | -8.07% | - |
| 2015 | $36,170 | 4.45% | - |
| 2014 | $34,560 | 1.30% | - |
| 2013 | $34,110 | -0.12% | - |
| 2012 | $34,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,210 in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is 23.8 percent (23.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.