The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 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 | $29,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,040 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,110.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $38,370 | -22.93% | -32.34% |
| 2020 | $47,170 | -2.65% | - |
| 2019 | $48,420 | -1.73% | - |
| 2018 | $49,260 | -17.09% | - |
| 2017 | $57,680 | -0.71% | - |
| 2016 | $58,090 | 0.77% | - |
| 2015 | $57,640 | 1.21% | - |
| 2014 | $56,940 | 2.30% | - |
| 2013 | $55,630 | 8.72% | - |
| 2012 | $50,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,370 in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is 21.5 percent (21.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Greenville-Mauldin-Easley and 29.8 percent (29.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.