Highest-paying Cities for Legal Secretaries

The top 100 highest paying cities for legal secretaries (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of legal secretaries in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $97,850, Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado is the highest paying city for legal secretaries. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $85,790). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of legal secretaries in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Legal Secretaries

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$97,850	$45,990	60
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$85,790	$49,570	1,510
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$80,450	$42,900	3,310
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$79,200	$42,520	5,440
5	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$78,850	$35,460	170
6	Boulder, Colorado	$77,060	$45,630	90
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$76,820	$37,040	3,390
8	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$71,000	$40,210	1,060
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,660	$50,010	2,650
10	Salinas, California	$69,110	$46,680	150
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$68,300	$47,550	4,280
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$65,000	$35,360	6,800
13	Bend, Oregon	$64,770	$47,170	30
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,570	$38,730	13,750
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$64,510	$36,160	50
16	Napa, California	$63,980	$37,870	50
17	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$63,890	$39,220	1,210
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$62,140	$29,480	440
19	Manchester, New Hampshire	$62,120	$39,660	140
20	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,480	$46,270	2,290
21	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$61,350	$35,320	450
22	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$61,310	$36,040	410
23	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$61,240	$44,560	160
24	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$61,130	$37,330	970
25	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$60,980	$38,060	110
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$60,940	$41,010	400
27	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,650	$46,190	120
28	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$60,150	$38,950	1,610
29	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$59,900	$40,610	1,020
30	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,880	$40,110	2,340
31	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$59,800	$37,590	1,090
32	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$59,620	$35,710	1,520
33	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$59,580	$45,960	2,960
34	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$58,490	$31,490	12,570
35	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$58,160	$37,430	4,560
36	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$58,160	$33,830	940
37	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$57,320	$43,330	650
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,730	$36,870	2,380
39	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$56,580	$38,600	1,250
40	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$56,230	$33,600	210
41	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$56,030	$45,100	40
42	Wilmington, New Jersey	$56,000	$31,760	740
43	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$55,950	$35,060	700
44	Waterbury, Connecticut	$55,630	$44,490	50
45	Tacoma, Washington	$55,130	$39,110	370
46	Medford, Oregon	$55,030	$43,010	40
47	Yuba City, California	$54,080	$34,950	50
48	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$53,290	$31,200	110
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$53,210	$31,210	13,860
50	Redding, California	$53,140	$34,150	70
51	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$53,140	$37,120	150
52	Kingston, New York	$53,050	$29,400	50
53	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$52,680	$30,910	880
54	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$52,370	$37,110	280
55	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$52,360	$47,290	280
56	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$52,230	$25,560	40
57	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$52,220	$28,820	250
58	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$52,150	$31,740	2,770
59	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$52,090	$43,910	70
60	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$51,980	$35,360	130
61	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,970	$46,000	60
62	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$51,910	$44,990	160
63	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,710	$37,510	60
64	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$51,420	$38,670	3,520
65	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$51,380	$18,890	110
66	Bismarck, North Dakota	$51,180	$38,280	40
67	Stockton, California	$51,170	$29,120	100
68	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$51,170	$38,460	240
69	Carson City, Nevada	$51,080	$39,790	60
70	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,970	$34,330	1,150
71	Longview, Washington	$50,910	$33,750	40
72	Salem, Oregon	$50,810	$35,860	270
73	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$50,760	$36,900	40
74	Salt Lake City, Utah	$50,710	$37,150	520
75	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$50,670	$40,150	180
76	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$50,660	$24,440	7,360
77	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$50,620	$32,650	2,820
78	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$50,530	$47,000	80
79	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$50,520	$37,030	60
80	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$50,190	$36,510	460
81	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$50,190	$39,530	730
82	Rochester, New York	$50,140	$31,370	340
83	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$50,140	$24,570	2,320
84	St Louis, Missouri	$50,090	$35,550	1,630
85	Brunswick, Georgia	$50,010	$32,870	30
86	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$49,970	$46,010	380
87	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,950	$40,390	30
88	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$49,870	$32,060	10,290
89	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,860	$49,250	210
90	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$49,750	$30,710	640
91	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$49,720	$34,380	2,110
92	Bloomington, Illinois	$49,710	$42,740	110
93	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$49,670	$27,660	940
94	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$49,650	$29,220	40
95	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$49,580	$29,900	60
96	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$49,570	$37,740	110
97	Springfield, Illinois	$49,560	$39,320	180
98	Rochester, Minnesota	$49,250	$42,160	40
99	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,230	$37,720	350
100	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$49,170	$31,510	90

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