Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary
The median pay for legal secretaries and administrative assistants in the United States is $55,570 a year. About 156,280 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $36,500
- 25th percentile
- $44,450
- Median percentile
- $55,570
- 75th percentile
- $71,970
- 90th percentile
- $91,730
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $99,280
- New York $72,230
- Connecticut $66,220
- Delaware $66,130
- Minnesota $63,180
- New Jersey $63,080
- Rhode Island $63,020
- California $62,860
- Massachusetts $62,120
- Maryland $61,440
- Alaska $61,280
- Oregon $59,610
- Colorado $59,490
- Washington $58,360
- New Mexico $57,800
- Michigan $56,870
- Nevada $56,470
- Wisconsin $55,410
- Virginia $55,320
- Arizona $55,120
- North Dakota $53,540
- Utah $52,860
- South Carolina $52,840
- Illinois $52,790
- New Hampshire $51,830
- Pennsylvania $51,430
- Ohio $51,080
- Hawaii $49,460
- Florida $48,510
- Georgia $48,460
- Louisiana $48,050
- Maine $48,040
- South Dakota $47,790
- Indiana $47,740
- West Virginia $46,960
- Wyoming $46,960
- Iowa $46,590
- Alabama $45,950
- Oklahoma $45,950
- Texas $45,940
- Nebraska $45,800
- Tennessee $45,340
- Mississippi $45,140
- North Carolina $43,720
- Idaho $41,880
- Arkansas $41,410
- Kentucky $39,300
- Missouri $38,560
- Kansas $36,620
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $87,270
- San Francisco, CA $79,410
- Santa Cruz, CA $77,780
- Washington, DC $77,220
- Bridgeport, CT $75,950
- New York, NY $75,920
- Salinas, CA $75,150
- Hartford, CT $74,790
- Santa Maria, CA $74,360
- Oxnard, CA $71,670
- Reno, NV $71,130
- Lexington Park, MD $70,660
- Manchester, NH $69,720
- Carson City, NV $67,670
- Santa Fe, NM $67,600
- New Haven, CT $67,290
- Minneapolis, MN $65,790
- Vallejo, CA $64,850
- Detroit, MI $64,480
- Portland, OR $63,470
- Bremerton, WA $62,950
- Boston, MA $62,690
- Los Angeles, CA $62,620
- Duluth, MN $62,600
- Baltimore, MD $62,330
- Seattle, WA $62,000
- Santa Rosa, CA $61,880
- Bend, OR $61,820
- San Diego, CA $61,780
- Worcester, MA $61,730
- Ann Arbor, MI $61,660
- Richmond, VA $61,600
- Anchorage, AK $61,280
- Albuquerque, NM $60,860
- Indianapolis, IN $60,730
- Rochester, MN $60,610
- Columbus, OH $60,420
- Providence, RI $60,230
- Atlanta, GA $60,100
- Stockton, CA $60,100
- Midland, TX $60,070
- San Luis Obispo, CA $59,970
- Milwaukee, WI $59,830
- Fairbanks, AK $59,800
- Chicago, IL $59,490
- Sacramento, CA $59,470
- Savannah, GA $59,440
- Trenton, NJ $59,370
- Atlantic City, NJ $59,360
- Napa, CA $59,130
- Phoenix, AZ $58,990
- Bismarck, ND $58,870
- Madison, WI $58,840
- Columbia, SC $58,520
- Hilton Head Island, SC $58,500
- Albany, NY $58,490
- North Port, FL $58,290
- Toledo, OH $58,060
- Portland, ME $57,620
- Spartanburg, SC $57,580
- Minot, ND $57,250
- Dover, DE $57,130
- Fargo, ND $56,590
- Lansing, MI $56,510
- Philadelphia, PA $56,480
- Canton, OH $56,120
- Austin, TX $55,940
- Fresno, CA $55,820
- Syracuse, NY $55,780
- Augusta, GA $55,750
- Boulder, CO $55,590
- Denver, CO $54,970
- Salt Lake City, UT $54,740
- Jackson, MS $54,240
- Kennewick, WA $54,190
- Bellingham, WA $54,130
- Riverside, CA $54,100
- Grand Forks, ND $53,880
- Medford, OR $53,260
- Reading, PA $52,930
- Kiryas Joel, NY $52,920
- Las Vegas, NV $52,710
- Olympia, WA $52,670
- Allentown, PA $52,580
- Rochester, NY $52,160
- Colorado Springs, CO $51,910
- Vineland, NJ $51,450
- Hagerstown, MD $51,440
- Las Cruces, NM $51,420
- Longview, WA $51,370
- St. Cloud, MN $50,970
- Flint, MI $50,850
- Harrisburg, PA $50,710
- Charleston, SC $50,520
- Salem, OR $50,510
- Appleton, WI $50,490
- Glens Falls, NY $50,340
- Buffalo, NY $50,290
- Daphne, AL $50,260
- Sebastian, FL $50,240
- Yuma, AZ $50,240
- Dayton, OH $50,100
- Redding, CA $50,020
- York, PA $50,010
- Greeley, CO $49,920
- Naples, FL $49,920
- Amarillo, TX $49,850
- Green Bay, WI $49,840
- Bakersfield, CA $49,750
- Tulsa, OK $49,660
- Miami, FL $49,620
- Virginia Beach, VA $49,560
- Kalamazoo, MI $49,490
- Nashville, TN $49,490
- Urban Honolulu, HI $49,390
- Jacksonville, FL $49,350
- Farmington, NM $49,340
- Springfield, IL $49,290
- Binghamton, NY $49,280
- Elkhart, IN $49,200