The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Nassau-Suffolk 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 | $31,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $75,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $52,150 | -13.67% | 10.95% |
| 2016 | $59,280 | -1.27% | - |
| 2015 | $60,030 | 9.48% | - |
| 2014 | $54,340 | 4.66% | - |
| 2013 | $51,810 | 10.36% | - |
| 2012 | $46,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,150 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Nassau-Suffolk is 19.2 percent (19.2%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 37.4 percent (37.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.