The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 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 | $30,100 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,820 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,240 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,100.
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 | $47,820 | 1.42% | 22.67% |
| 2021 | $47,140 | -0.51% | - |
| 2020 | $47,380 | 6.86% | - |
| 2019 | $44,130 | 3.74% | - |
| 2018 | $42,480 | 4.33% | - |
| 2017 | $40,640 | 3.00% | - |
| 2016 | $39,420 | -9.44% | - |
| 2015 | $43,140 | 17.15% | - |
| 2014 | $35,740 | -8.56% | - |
| 2013 | $38,800 | 4.69% | - |
| 2012 | $36,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,820 in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area is 25.9 percent (25.9%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 31.7 percent (31.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Kingston | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Glens Falls | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Ithaca | |
| Binghamton | |
| East Central New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Syracuse | |
| Elmira | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area |