The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $36,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,730 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $56,730 | -6.65% | 1.71% |
| 2016 | $60,500 | 9.69% | - |
| 2015 | $54,640 | -6.30% | - |
| 2014 | $58,080 | 4.73% | - |
| 2013 | $55,330 | -0.78% | - |
| 2012 | $55,760 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $56,730, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is the second highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of Massachusetts, following the highest paying city Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (median annual salary of $68,300). Compared with Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 16.9 percent (16.9%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Worcester | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| New Bedford | |
| Springfield | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Framingham | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Peabody |