The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre 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 | $28,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,280 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $54,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,810.
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 | $44,760 | 15.15% | 19.64% |
| 2021 | $37,980 | 9.95% | - |
| 2020 | $34,200 | -0.53% | - |
| 2019 | $34,380 | -9.95% | - |
| 2017 | $37,800 | 15.11% | - |
| 2016 | $32,090 | -4.27% | - |
| 2015 | $33,460 | 0.81% | - |
| 2014 | $33,190 | -3.34% | - |
| 2013 | $34,300 | -4.87% | - |
| 2012 | $35,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,760 in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre is 23.0 percent (23.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington and 35.0 percent (35.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Altoona.