The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $93,820, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for legal secretaries. It is followed by Colorado (average annual salary $64,450). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $93,820 |
$42,900 | 2,250 |
| 2 | Colorado | $64,450 |
$37,290 | 1,670 |
| 3 | Illinois | $62,660 |
$33,040 | 9,260 |
| 4 | New York | $62,240 |
$35,460 | 13,280 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $61,280 |
$44,910 | 4,860 |
| 6 | New Jersey | $60,640 |
$39,270 | 4,890 |
| 7 | Minnesota | $60,280 |
$44,400 | 2,850 |
| 8 | Maryland | $59,970 |
$41,430 | 1,690 |
| 9 | Hawaii | $59,560 |
$31,840 | 580 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $57,320 |
$43,350 | 610 |
| 11 | Connecticut | $55,400 |
$38,790 | 1,280 |
| 12 | Nevada | $55,390 |
$33,830 | 1,290 |
| 13 | Oregon | $55,030 |
$37,820 | 990 |
| 14 | Washington | $54,320 |
$36,440 | 3,810 |
| 15 | Georgia | $52,980 |
$33,220 | 2,110 |
| 16 | California | $51,520 |
$37,040 | 28,830 |
| 17 | Delaware | $50,360 |
$36,250 | 1,250 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | $49,100 |
$32,680 | 7,300 |
| 19 | Vermont | $49,000 |
$39,000 | 400 |
| 20 | Alaska | $48,570 |
$37,810 | 330 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $48,420 |
$39,100 | 510 |
| 22 | North Dakota | $47,970 |
$38,770 | 310 |
| 23 | Maine | $47,490 |
$34,300 | 780 |
| 24 | Idaho | $47,340 |
$30,780 | 830 |
| 25 | Texas | $47,010 |
$31,740 | 11,440 |
| 26 | Virgin Islands | $46,180 |
$38,900 | 110 |
| 27 | Michigan | $46,160 |
$29,810 | 2,830 |
| 28 | Virginia | $45,990 |
$29,830 | 2,190 |
| 29 | Iowa | $45,870 |
$31,200 | 950 |
| 30 | Louisiana | $45,340 |
$27,410 | 2,530 |
| 31 | Indiana | $45,090 |
$29,820 | 2,020 |
| 32 | Arizona | $44,810 |
$32,530 | 3,360 |
| 33 | Missouri | $44,790 |
$26,790 | 3,080 |
| 34 | Wisconsin | $44,680 |
$31,200 | 1,130 |
| 35 | Florida | $44,000 |
$30,470 | 12,170 |
| 36 | Mississippi | $43,680 |
$26,870 | 1,170 |
| 37 | Ohio | $43,600 |
$29,750 | 4,760 |
| 38 | Wyoming | $43,260 |
$30,670 | 290 |
| 39 | Utah | $43,040 |
$33,580 | 960 |
| 40 | Alabama | $42,300 |
$27,490 | 2,070 |
| 41 | West Virginia | $42,260 |
$27,900 | 1,310 |
| 42 | New Mexico | $42,240 |
$32,030 | 1,050 |
| 43 | Tennessee | $42,160 |
$28,820 | 2,820 |
| 44 | Montana | $41,460 |
$28,660 | 480 |
| 45 | Kansas | $40,330 |
$29,170 | 1,260 |
| 46 | Nebraska | $38,210 |
$30,550 | 1,510 |
| 47 | South Dakota | $37,780 |
$30,810 | 630 |
| 48 | South Carolina | $37,490 |
$26,560 | 1,880 |
| 49 | North Carolina | $37,210 |
$24,960 | 3,840 |
| 50 | Arkansas | $36,400 |
$29,350 | 1,000 |
| 51 | Oklahoma | $36,380 |
$30,070 | 1,760 |
| 52 | Guam | $34,670 |
$28,780 | 60 |
| 53 | Kentucky | $34,230 |
$24,130 | 2,040 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $28,870 |
$18,180 | 3,240 |