The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $29,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $50,670 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,700 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,720.
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 | $37,450 | -1.12% | 17.54% |
| 2021 | $37,870 | -7.90% | - |
| 2020 | $40,860 | 3.50% | - |
| 2019 | $39,430 | 2.31% | - |
| 2018 | $38,520 | 3.66% | - |
| 2017 | $37,110 | 1.27% | - |
| 2016 | $36,640 | -0.41% | - |
| 2015 | $36,790 | 11.99% | - |
| 2014 | $32,380 | -0.99% | - |
| 2013 | $32,700 | 5.57% | - |
| 2012 | $30,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,450 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Louisville-Jefferson County is 14.1 percent (14.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Lexington-Fayette and 19.3 percent (19.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Evansville | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Owensboro | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |