Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary

Median Salary
$55,570
per year
Hourly Rate
$26.72
per hour
Employment
156,280
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$36,500
25th percentile
$44,450
Median
$55,570
75th percentile
$71,970
90th percentile
$91,730

💰 Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary by State

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$37K
$99K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$99,280+78.7%
New York$72,230+30.0%
Connecticut$66,220+19.2%
Delaware$66,130+19.0%
Minnesota$63,180+13.7%
New Jersey$63,080+13.5%
Rhode Island$63,020+13.4%
California$62,860+13.1%
Massachusetts$62,120+11.8%
Maryland$61,440+10.6%
Alaska$61,280+10.3%
Oregon$59,610+7.3%
Colorado$59,490+7.1%
Washington$58,360+5.0%
New Mexico$57,800+4.0%
Michigan$56,870+2.3%
Nevada$56,470+1.6%
Wisconsin$55,410-0.3%
Virginia$55,320-0.4%
Arizona$55,120-0.8%
North Dakota$53,540-3.7%
Utah$52,860-4.9%
South Carolina$52,840-4.9%
Illinois$52,790-5.0%
New Hampshire$51,830-6.7%
Pennsylvania$51,430-7.5%
Ohio$51,080-8.1%
Hawaii$49,460-11.0%
Vermont$49,090-11.7%
Florida$48,510-12.7%
Georgia$48,460-12.8%
Louisiana$48,050-13.5%
Maine$48,040-13.6%
South Dakota$47,790-14.0%
Indiana$47,740-14.1%
West Virginia$46,960-15.5%
Wyoming$46,960-15.5%
Iowa$46,590-16.2%
Alabama$45,950-17.3%
Oklahoma$45,950-17.3%
Texas$45,940-17.3%
Nebraska$45,800-17.6%
Tennessee$45,340-18.4%
Mississippi$45,140-18.8%
North Carolina$43,720-21.3%
Idaho$41,880-24.6%
Arkansas$41,410-25.5%
Kentucky$39,300-29.3%
Missouri$38,560-30.6%
Kansas$36,620-34.1%

🏙️ Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$87,270+57.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$79,410+42.9%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$77,780+40.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,220+39.0%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75,950+36.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$75,920+36.6%
Salinas, CA$75,150+35.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$74,790+34.6%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$74,360+33.8%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$71,670+29.0%
Reno, NV$71,130+28.0%
Lexington Park, MD$70,660+27.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$69,720+25.5%
Carson City, NV$67,670+21.8%
Santa Fe, NM$67,600+21.6%
New Haven, CT$67,290+21.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,790+18.4%
Vallejo, CA$64,850+16.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$64,480+16.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$63,470+14.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$62,950+13.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$62,690+12.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$62,620+12.7%
Duluth, MN-WI$62,600+12.7%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,330+12.2%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,000+11.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$61,880+11.4%
Bend, OR$61,820+11.2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$61,780+11.2%
Worcester, MA$61,730+11.1%
Ann Arbor, MI$61,660+11.0%
Richmond, VA$61,600+10.9%
Anchorage, AK$61,280+10.3%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$61,030+9.8%
Albuquerque, NM$60,860+9.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,730+9.3%
Rochester, MN$60,610+9.1%
Columbus, OH$60,420+8.7%
Kingston, NY$60,280+8.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$60,230+8.4%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,100+8.2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$60,100+8.2%
Midland, TX$60,070+8.1%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$59,970+7.9%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,830+7.7%
Fairbanks-College, AK$59,800+7.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,490+7.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$59,470+7.0%
Savannah, GA$59,440+7.0%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$59,370+6.8%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$59,360+6.8%
Napa, CA$59,130+6.4%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$58,990+6.2%
Bismarck, ND$58,870+5.9%
Madison, WI$58,840+5.9%
Columbia, SC$58,520+5.3%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$58,500+5.3%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$58,490+5.3%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,290+4.9%
Toledo, OH$58,060+4.5%
Portland-South Portland, ME$57,620+3.7%
Spartanburg, SC$57,580+3.6%
Minot, ND$57,250+3.0%
Dover, DE$57,130+2.8%
Fargo, ND-MN$56,590+1.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$56,510+1.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$56,480+1.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$56,120+1.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$55,940+0.7%
Fresno, CA$55,820+0.4%
Syracuse, NY$55,780+0.4%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$55,750+0.3%
Boulder, CO$55,590+0.0%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$54,970-1.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$54,900-1.2%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$54,740-1.5%
Jackson, MS$54,240-2.4%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$54,190-2.5%
Bellingham, WA$54,130-2.6%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$54,100-2.6%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$53,880-3.0%
Medford, OR$53,260-4.2%
Reading, PA$52,930-4.8%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$52,920-4.8%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$52,710-5.1%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$52,670-5.2%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$52,580-5.4%
Rochester, NY$52,160-6.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$51,910-6.6%
Vineland, NJ$51,450-7.4%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$51,440-7.4%
Las Cruces, NM$51,420-7.5%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$51,390-7.5%
Longview-Kelso, WA$51,370-7.6%
Baton Rouge, LA$51,320-7.6%
St. Cloud, MN$50,970-8.3%
Flint, MI$50,850-8.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$50,710-8.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$50,520-9.1%
Salem, OR$50,510-9.1%
Appleton, WI$50,490-9.1%
Glens Falls, NY$50,340-9.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$50,290-9.5%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$50,260-9.6%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$50,240-9.6%
Yuma, AZ$50,240-9.6%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$50,100-9.8%
Redding, CA$50,020-10.0%
York-Hanover, PA$50,010-10.0%
Greeley, CO$49,920-10.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$49,920-10.2%
Amarillo, TX$49,850-10.3%
Green Bay, WI$49,840-10.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$49,750-10.5%
Tulsa, OK$49,660-10.6%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$49,620-10.7%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$49,560-10.8%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,490-10.9%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,490-10.9%
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,390-11.1%
Traverse City, MI$49,370-11.2%
Jacksonville, FL$49,350-11.2%
Farmington, NM$49,340-11.2%
Springfield, IL$49,290-11.3%
Binghamton, NY$49,280-11.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,200-11.5%
Yakima, WA$49,160-11.5%
Charleston, WV$49,130-11.6%
Akron, OH$49,080-11.7%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,070-11.7%
Billings, MT$49,020-11.8%
Montgomery, AL$49,000-11.8%
State College, PA$48,930-11.9%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,910-12.0%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$48,900-12.0%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$48,900-12.0%
Killeen-Temple, TX$48,790-12.2%
Omaha, NE-IA$48,760-12.3%
Birmingham, AL$48,730-12.3%
Bangor, ME$48,670-12.4%
College Station-Bryan, TX$48,510-12.7%
Tallahassee, FL$48,490-12.7%
Helena, MT$48,460-12.8%
Bloomington, IL$48,370-13.0%
Huntsville, AL$48,340-13.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,330-13.0%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,290-13.1%
Rapid City, SD$48,250-13.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,240-13.2%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$48,240-13.2%
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,200-13.3%
Lincoln, NE$48,140-13.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,000-13.6%
Chambersburg, PA$47,990-13.6%
El Paso, TX$47,970-13.7%
Waco, TX$47,930-13.7%
Gainesville, FL$47,920-13.8%
Knoxville, TN$47,860-13.9%
Longview, TX$47,860-13.9%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,790-14.0%
Visalia, CA$47,750-14.1%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$47,690-14.2%
Wausau, WI$47,660-14.2%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$47,630-14.3%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$47,610-14.3%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$47,530-14.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$47,510-14.5%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,500-14.5%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$47,490-14.5%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$47,430-14.6%
Wheeling, WV-OH$47,410-14.7%
Tucson, AZ$47,380-14.7%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,340-14.8%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$47,310-14.9%
Port St. Lucie, FL$47,300-14.9%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,230-15.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$47,180-15.1%
Lafayette, LA$47,160-15.1%
Oklahoma City, OK$46,990-15.4%
Peoria, IL$46,940-15.5%
Niles, MI$46,760-15.9%
Rockford, IL$46,730-15.9%
Ogden, UT$46,720-15.9%
Lebanon, PA$46,710-15.9%
Tyler, TX$46,650-16.1%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,590-16.2%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$46,590-16.2%
Utica-Rome, NY$46,550-16.2%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$46,540-16.2%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$46,510-16.3%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$46,510-16.3%
Hammond, LA$46,480-16.4%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$46,460-16.4%
Lubbock, TX$46,450-16.4%
Guam$46,430-16.4%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$46,400-16.5%
Abilene, TX$46,370-16.6%
Springfield, MA$46,350-16.6%
Terre Haute, IN$46,330-16.6%
San Angelo, TX$46,260-16.8%
Lancaster, PA$46,250-16.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$46,240-16.8%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,190-16.9%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$46,150-17.0%
Iowa City, IA$46,140-17.0%
Florence, SC$46,120-17.0%
Winston-Salem, NC$45,960-17.3%
Roanoke, VA$45,950-17.3%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$45,920-17.4%
Mobile, AL$45,910-17.4%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$45,890-17.4%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$45,870-17.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$45,870-17.5%
Kokomo, IN$45,860-17.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$45,830-17.5%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$45,830-17.5%
Saginaw, MI$45,770-17.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$45,730-17.7%
Jackson, TN$45,610-17.9%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,570-18.0%
Homosassa Springs, FL$45,430-18.2%
Texarkana, TX-AR$45,410-18.3%
Lake Charles, LA$45,400-18.3%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$45,380-18.3%
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,370-18.4%
Odessa, TX$45,150-18.8%
Charlottesville, VA$45,120-18.8%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$45,100-18.8%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,990-19.0%
Ocala, FL$44,980-19.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$44,970-19.1%
Jefferson City, MO$44,870-19.3%
Lawrence, KS$44,770-19.4%
Laredo, TX$44,740-19.5%
Fort Wayne, IN$44,730-19.5%
Wichita, KS$44,580-19.8%
Topeka, KS$44,390-20.1%
Albany, GA$44,380-20.1%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$44,360-20.2%
Evansville, IN$44,180-20.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$44,150-20.6%
Asheville, NC$44,130-20.6%
Bloomington, IN$44,090-20.7%
Winchester, VA-WV$43,800-21.2%
Boise City, ID$43,470-21.8%
Johnson City, TN$43,390-21.9%
Corpus Christi, TX$42,890-22.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL$42,880-22.8%
Valdosta, GA$42,840-22.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$42,690-23.2%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$42,320-23.8%
Lynchburg, VA$42,090-24.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$42,030-24.4%
Wichita Falls, TX$41,990-24.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$41,920-24.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$41,840-24.7%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$41,260-25.8%
Gainesville, GA$40,410-27.3%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$40,260-27.6%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$39,990-28.0%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$39,880-28.2%
Erie, PA$39,840-28.3%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$39,590-28.8%
Manhattan, KS$39,450-29.0%
Enid, OK$39,330-29.2%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$39,210-29.4%
Cleveland, TN$39,010-29.8%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$38,910-30.0%
Paducah, KY-IL$38,910-30.0%
Missoula, MT$38,560-30.6%
Decatur, AL$38,440-30.8%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$38,360-31.0%
Eagle Pass, TX$38,320-31.0%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,150-31.3%
Harrisonburg, VA$38,120-31.4%
Columbus, GA-AL$37,990-31.6%
Springfield, MO$37,900-31.8%
Burlington, NC$37,800-32.0%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,700-32.2%
Grand Island, NE$37,700-32.2%
Alexandria, LA$37,670-32.2%
Columbia, MO$37,420-32.7%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$37,380-32.7%
Monroe, LA$37,280-32.9%
Great Falls, MT$37,040-33.3%
Owensboro, KY$36,870-33.7%
Bowling Green, KY$36,860-33.7%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$36,500-34.3%
Fayetteville, NC$36,360-34.6%
Dothan, AL$36,310-34.7%
Elizabethtown, KY$36,230-34.8%
Jacksonville, NC$36,030-35.2%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$35,560-36.0%
Joplin, MO-KS$35,130-36.8%
Greenville, NC$34,580-37.8%
Puerto Rico$31,000-44.2%
Ponce, PR$26,000-53.2%
Arecibo, PR$21,840-60.7%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-60.7%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.