The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater 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 | $31,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,840.
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 | $44,000 | -7.95% | 10.39% |
| 2021 | $47,500 | 8.17% | - |
| 2020 | $43,620 | 0.76% | - |
| 2019 | $43,290 | -3.47% | - |
| 2018 | $44,790 | 0.02% | - |
| 2017 | $44,780 | 7.48% | - |
| 2016 | $41,430 | 0.05% | - |
| 2015 | $41,410 | 9.66% | - |
| 2014 | $37,410 | -7.86% | - |
| 2013 | $40,350 | 2.28% | - |
| 2012 | $39,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,000 in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is 12.2 percent (12.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall and 44.6 percent (44.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.