The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway 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 | $24,370 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,910 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,370.
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 | $36,870 | 20.80% | 19.75% |
| 2021 | $29,200 | -57.29% | - |
| 2020 | $45,930 | -18.51% | - |
| 2019 | $54,430 | 0.85% | - |
| 2018 | $53,970 | 31.42% | - |
| 2017 | $37,010 | 13.27% | - |
| 2016 | $32,100 | 2.93% | - |
| 2015 | $31,160 | -14.09% | - |
| 2014 | $35,550 | 0.59% | - |
| 2013 | $35,340 | 16.27% | - |
| 2012 | $29,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,870 in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway is 24.6 percent (24.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Greenville-Mauldin-Easley and 26.9 percent (26.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.