The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $36,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,190 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,660 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,510.
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 | $50,190 | 7.07% | 19.84% |
| 2021 | $46,640 | 15.22% | - |
| 2020 | $39,540 | -6.63% | - |
| 2019 | $42,160 | -3.46% | - |
| 2018 | $43,620 | 1.70% | - |
| 2017 | $42,880 | -1.21% | - |
| 2016 | $43,400 | 4.75% | - |
| 2015 | $41,340 | -3.92% | - |
| 2014 | $42,960 | 4.77% | - |
| 2013 | $40,910 | 1.66% | - |
| 2012 | $40,230 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,190 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 22.3 percent (22.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.9 percent (34.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.