The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of legal secretaries in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 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 | $30,990 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $63,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $63,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,990.
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 | $42,090 | 17.08% | 2.83% |
| 2021 | $34,900 | 21.49% | - |
| 2017 | $27,400 | 27.88% | - |
| 2016 | $19,760 | 3.14% | - |
| 2015 | $19,140 | -121.11% | - |
| 2014 | $42,320 | 4.94% | - |
| 2013 | $40,230 | -1.67% | - |
| 2012 | $40,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,090 in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is in the middle of salary range for legal secretaries in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of legal secretaries in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is 25.6 percent (25.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 40.1 percent (40.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Victoria.