The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Carbondale-Marion 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 | $31,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Carbondale-Marion, Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $68,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,920.
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 | $39,470 | 6.89% | 13.81% |
| 2021 | $36,750 | 0.16% | - |
| 2020 | $36,690 | -0.33% | - |
| 2019 | $36,810 | -7.82% | - |
| 2018 | $39,690 | 11.41% | - |
| 2017 | $35,160 | 3.24% | - |
| 2016 | $34,020 | 4.88% | - |
| 2015 | $32,360 | -5.13% | - |
| 2012 | $34,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,470 in Carbondale-Marion is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Carbondale-Marion is 39.3 percent (39.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 9.9 percent (9.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area.