The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Durham-Chapel Hill 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 | $31,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,720 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $86,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $86,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,330.
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 | $48,910 | 22.88% | 17.03% |
| 2021 | $37,720 | -53.05% | - |
| 2020 | $57,730 | -3.22% | - |
| 2019 | $59,590 | 30.27% | - |
| 2017 | $41,550 | 1.71% | - |
| 2016 | $40,840 | 9.33% | - |
| 2015 | $37,030 | -10.48% | - |
| 2014 | $40,910 | -6.97% | - |
| 2013 | $43,760 | 7.27% | - |
| 2012 | $40,580 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $48,910, Durham-Chapel Hill is the second highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of North Carolina, following the highest paying city Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $51,380). Compared with Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Durham-Chapel Hill is 4.8 percent (4.8%) lower.