The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 | $30,710 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,790 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $82,790. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,710.
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 | $49,750 | 4.98% | 7.62% |
| 2021 | $47,270 | 10.89% | - |
| 2020 | $42,120 | 10.61% | - |
| 2019 | $37,650 | -19.97% | - |
| 2018 | $45,170 | -7.66% | - |
| 2017 | $48,630 | -2.88% | - |
| 2016 | $50,030 | 2.28% | - |
| 2015 | $48,890 | 6.46% | - |
| 2014 | $45,730 | 1.27% | - |
| 2013 | $45,150 | -1.79% | - |
| 2012 | $45,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,750 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 23.0 percent (23.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.4 percent (34.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.