The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $38,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,670.
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 | $51,420 | 8.09% | -3.17% |
| 2021 | $47,260 | 3.89% | - |
| 2020 | $45,420 | 9.67% | - |
| 2019 | $41,030 | 5.26% | - |
| 2018 | $38,870 | 0.80% | - |
| 2017 | $38,560 | -18.21% | - |
| 2016 | $45,580 | -9.74% | - |
| 2015 | $50,020 | 2.04% | - |
| 2014 | $49,000 | -4.71% | - |
| 2013 | $51,310 | -3.39% | - |
| 2012 | $53,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $51,420, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $56,580). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower.