The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn 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 | $27,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,660.
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 | $49,670 | -0.24% | 2.40% |
| 2016 | $49,790 | -0.34% | - |
| 2015 | $49,960 | -3.52% | - |
| 2014 | $51,720 | -0.83% | - |
| 2013 | $52,150 | 7.04% | - |
| 2012 | $48,480 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,670 in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is 22.3 percent (22.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Detroit-Warren-Livonia and 38.5 percent (38.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Monroe.