The annual salary statistics of legal secretaries in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legal secretaries in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $38,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $81,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legal secretaries in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $81,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,950.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legal secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $60,150 | 10.06% | 11.64% |
| 2016 | $54,100 | 3.44% | - |
| 2015 | $52,240 | 2.14% | - |
| 2014 | $51,120 | -7.28% | - |
| 2013 | $54,840 | 3.08% | - |
| 2012 | $53,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $60,150, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is the highest paying city for legal secretaries in state of Washington, followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (median annual salary $59,880). In comparison, the median annual salary of legal secretaries in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is .4 percent (.4%) higher than that in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue.