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Legal Secretaries Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Legal Secretaries in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,440
25th Percentile Wage
$31,690
50th Percentile Wage
$50,660
75th Percentile Wage
$66,960
90th Percentile Wage
$84,500

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $84,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,440.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$50,660
4.60% 10.44%
2016
$48,330
-3.48% -
2015
$50,010
-2.70% -
2014
$51,360
7.05% -
2013
$47,740
4.96% -
2012
$45,370
- -

Table 2. Compare Legal Secretaries Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $50,660, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is the second highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) (median annual salary of $65,000). Compared with Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 22.1 percent (22.1%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$65,000
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$50,660
Bloomington
$49,710
Springfield
$49,560
Rockford
$45,460
Peoria
$44,740
Champaign-Urbana
$43,780
Danville
$43,660
Kankakee-Bradley
$42,870
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$41,220
Carbondale-Marion
$39,470
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$38,390
Decatur
$37,640
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$36,890
Bloomington-Normal
$36,400
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$35,570