Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Legal Secretaries
Legal Secretaries perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Legal Secretaries with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $29,620 to $37,090 per year or $14 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Legal Secretaries to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $40 | $82,270 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $32 | $65,610 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $24 | $48,980 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $18 | $37,090 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $14 | $29,620 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
DC | $42 | $87,600 |
MA | $30 | $63,210 |
CA | $30 | $61,870 |
NY | $29 | $61,020 |
CO | $28 | $57,830 |
MN | $28 | $57,350 |
CT | $27 | $56,660 |
HI | $27 | $56,530 |
NJ | $27 | $55,640 |
RI | $26 | $54,520 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Legal Secretary is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Legal Secretaries are in the states of DC, MA, CA, NY and CO.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Other Information Services | $77830 | $37.42 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $68880 | $33.12 |
Telecommunications | $68030 | $32.71 |
Real Estate | $67080 | $32.25 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $66860 | $32.14 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $66690 | $32.06 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $64780 | $31.14 |
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities | $59770 | $28.74 |
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $59570 | $28.64 |
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $59510 | $28.61 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $59160 | $28.44 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $58600 | $28.17 |
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services | $57560 | $27.67 |
Insurance Carriers | $57080 | $27.44 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations | $54200 | $26.06 |
Social Advocacy Organizations | $53540 | $25.74 |
Legal Services | $53110 | $25.53 |
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | $52530 | $25.26 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $52520 | $25.25 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $51080 | $24.56 |
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities | $50880 | $24.46 |
Employment Services | $50840 | $24.44 |
Local Government | $49430 | $23.77 |
Office Administrative Services | $49350 | $23.72 |
Nondepository Credit Intermediation | $49020 | $23.57 |
State Government | $48990 | $23.55 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $48690 | $23.41 |
Individual and Family Services | $47810 | $22.99 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $44830 | $21.55 |
Business Support Services | $43050 | $20.70 |