The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of legal secretaries in Winston-Salem 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 | $30,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $49,620 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,280.
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 | $40,030 | -20.33% | -3.82% |
| 2021 | $48,170 | 16.11% | - |
| 2020 | $40,410 | -2.25% | - |
| 2019 | $41,320 | -0.29% | - |
| 2016 | $41,440 | -8.71% | - |
| 2015 | $45,050 | 4.73% | - |
| 2014 | $42,920 | -1.47% | - |
| 2013 | $43,550 | 4.57% | - |
| 2012 | $41,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,030 in Winston-Salem is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Winston-Salem is 22.1 percent (22.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 41.4 percent (41.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton.