The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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 | $23,450 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $23,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $59,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,450.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2021. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 1-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $23,450 | -125.37% | -125.37% |
| 2020 | $52,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $23,450, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is the lowest paying city for legal secretaries in state of North Carolina, following city of Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $51,380). In comparison, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 54.4 percent (54.4%) lower than that in the highest paying city Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area.