The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Raleigh-Cary 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 | $31,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,240 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,450 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $72,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $72,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,780.
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 | $46,470 | 17.45% | -11.58% |
| 2021 | $38,360 | -66.58% | - |
| 2020 | $63,900 | 1.63% | - |
| 2019 | $62,860 | 7.24% | - |
| 2018 | $58,310 | 2.04% | - |
| 2017 | $57,120 | -1.28% | - |
| 2016 | $57,850 | -2.09% | - |
| 2015 | $59,060 | 4.17% | - |
| 2014 | $56,600 | 4.96% | - |
| 2013 | $53,790 | 3.61% | - |
| 2012 | $51,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,470 in Raleigh-Cary is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Raleigh-Cary is 9.6 percent (9.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 49.5 percent (49.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton.