Occupational employment / Legal secretaries

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Legal secretaries" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 9,440 $27.66 $57,530
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 32,870 $21.58 $44,890
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 20,530 $21.84 $45,430
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 14,700 $23.93 $49,770
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 11,460 $24.04 $49,990
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 11,350 $21.90 $45,560
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 10,370 $22.36 $46,520
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 9,400 $20.86 $43,390
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 8,890 $28.14 $58,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 8,410 $19.94 $41,470
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 6,760 $20.86 $43,390
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,370 $24.87 $51,730
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,340 $21.82 $45,380
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 4,960 $20.32 $42,270
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 4,840 $22.10 $45,970
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,710 $27.81 $57,840
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,680 $25.98 $54,030
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 4,460 $22.31 $46,400
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 4,100 $10.96 $22,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,050 $22.09 $45,940
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 3,990 $19.88 $41,350
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,510 $23.15 $48,160
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,430 $29.03 $60,380
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,250 $20.24 $42,090
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 3,250 $23.54 $48,970
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,210 $22.01 $45,790
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,030 $21.69 $45,110
Pittsburgh, PA 2,960 $16.58 $34,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,840 $17.99 $37,410
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,800 $21.30 $44,300
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,730 $19.09 $39,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,660 $22.03 $45,830
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,540 $19.50 $40,570
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,540 $20.97 $43,620
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,490 $19.72 $41,020
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,400 $22.35 $46,490
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,340 $19.95 $41,490
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,320 $22.24 $46,260
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,260 $20.88 $43,420
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,020 $21.29 $44,290
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,940 $20.31 $42,240
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,880 $20.65 $42,940
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,870 $21.44 $44,590
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,830 $17.33 $36,040
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,740 $19.08 $39,680
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,680 $18.25 $37,970
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,670 $19.99 $41,570
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,630 $30.79 $64,040
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,620 $19.68 $40,930
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,600 $19.58 $40,730
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,560 $18.98 $39,480
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,540 $19.17 $39,860
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,490 $16.23 $33,760
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,440 $21.22 $44,140
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,360 $17.53 $36,470
Salt Lake City, UT 1,330 $18.83 $39,170
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,280 $24.53 $51,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,270 $18.53 $38,540
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,250 $17.90 $37,230
Columbus, OH 1,210 $18.82 $39,140
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,210 $19.81 $41,190
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,160 $22.09 $45,940
Rochester, NY 1,150 $16.54 $34,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,040 $17.30 $35,980
Jacksonville, FL 1,020 $18.00 $37,450
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,020 $22.76 $47,330
San Antonio, TX 1,000 $18.48 $38,440
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 950 $23.79 $49,490
Oklahoma City, OK 910 $15.03 $31,250
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 880 $19.36 $40,270
Tucson, AZ 810 $18.17 $37,790
Syracuse, NY 810 $16.72 $34,770
Columbia, SC 810 $17.51 $36,420
Richmond, VA 790 $19.98 $41,560
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 740 $17.63 $36,660
Raleigh-Cary, NC 730 $21.90 $45,550
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 720 $14.93 $31,050
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 720 $12.06 $25,090
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 720 $18.27 $38,010
Baton Rouge, LA 690 $15.70 $32,660
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 680 $22.01 $45,770
Akron, OH 670 $15.80 $32,860
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 670 $20.18 $41,960
Tulsa, OK 660 $15.40 $32,040
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 650 $17.75 $36,920
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 640 $23.37 $48,620
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 630 $18.12 $37,680
Dayton, OH 620 $17.21 $35,790
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 590 $15.88 $33,030
Greenville, SC 590 $16.72 $34,790
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 590 $19.94 $41,490
Albuquerque, NM 590 $15.66 $32,560
Reno-Sparks, NV 580 $21.53 $44,780
Fresno, CA 580 $22.41 $46,610
Honolulu, HI 570 $21.44 $44,600
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 560 $19.94 $41,480
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 560 $15.78 $32,820
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 560 $18.16 $37,770
Jackson, MS 560 $19.81 $41,210
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 550 $14.21 $29,550
Boise City-Nampa, ID 540 $18.39 $38,250
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 510 $17.75 $36,920
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 500 $18.33 $38,120
Salem, OR 490 $15.95 $33,180
Mobile, AL 480 $17.28 $35,950
Worcester, MA-CT 460 $20.81 $43,280
Rockford, IL 460 $16.53 $34,380
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 450 $16.92 $35,200
Madison, WI 440 $19.78 $41,140
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 440 $22.55 $46,910
Toledo, OH 440 $18.15 $37,750
Springfield, MA-CT 430 $18.68 $38,860
New Haven, CT 430 $21.72 $45,180
Peoria, IL 430 $17.86 $37,140
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 430 $20.61 $42,870
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 420 $18.00 $37,430
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 420 $13.76 $28,620
Montgomery, AL 410 $15.03 $31,270
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 410 $15.96 $33,200
Macon, GA 410 $13.68 $28,460
Tallahassee, FL 400 $18.80 $39,110
Charleston, WV 400 $16.10 $33,490
Lafayette, LA 390 $16.41 $34,140
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 380 $17.90 $37,230
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 350 $13.61 $28,310
Anchorage, AK 340 $21.56 $44,840
Fort Wayne, IN 320 $17.34 $36,070
Atlantic City, NJ 320 $18.15 $37,760
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 320 $16.32 $33,950
El Paso, TX 310 $16.05 $33,370
Savannah, GA 300 $15.94 $33,160
Greensboro-High Point, NC 300 $15.93 $33,130
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 300 $20.99 $43,660
Reading, PA 300 $17.05 $35,470
Huntsville, AL 290 $14.78 $30,740
Chattanooga, TN-GA 290 $16.16 $33,610
Spokane, WA 290 $17.09 $35,550
Lancaster, PA 290 $16.91 $35,180
Lexington-Fayette, KY 290 $17.37 $36,130
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 290 $15.71 $32,670
Wichita, KS 280 $15.14 $31,490
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 270 $19.91 $41,410
Corpus Christi, TX 270 $16.74 $34,830
Flint, MI 270 $15.68 $32,610
Eugene-Springfield, OR 260 $14.73 $30,640
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 260 $15.65 $32,560
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 250 $17.92 $37,270
Topeka, KS 250 $12.01 $24,980
Gainesville, FL 250 $14.73 $30,640
Olympia, WA 250 $20.14 $41,890
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 250 $13.40 $27,870
Lakeland, FL 240 $15.78 $32,820
Winston-Salem, NC 240 $19.70 $40,990
Bakersfield, CA 230 $18.59 $38,680
Canton-Massillon, OH 230 $14.11 $29,360
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 220 $17.86 $37,150
Erie, PA 220 $13.69 $28,480
Lincoln, NE 220 $17.99 $37,420
Lake Charles, LA 220 $15.45 $32,140
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 220 $19.66 $40,890
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 220 $14.63 $30,430
Manchester, NH 210 $20.06 $41,730
Monroe, LA 210 $14.80 $30,780
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 210 $13.23 $27,510
Columbus, GA-AL 200 $13.60 $28,280
Stockton, CA 200 $18.90 $39,320
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 200 $21.00 $43,670
Provo-Orem, UT 190 $14.39 $29,920
Utica-Rome, NY 190 $13.11 $27,270
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 190 $7.14 $14,840
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 180 $18.65 $38,780
Boulder, CO 180 $22.34 $46,460
Binghamton, NY 180 $16.44 $34,190
Modesto, CA 180 $24.76 $51,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 180 $19.58 $40,730
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 180 $18.35 $38,170
Evansville, IN-KY 180 $14.88 $30,950
Fargo, ND-MN 180 $16.01 $33,300
Springfield, IL 170 $17.91 $37,250
Billings, MT 170 $15.53 $32,300
Duluth, MN-WI 170 $17.94 $37,320
Bismarck, ND 170 $14.46 $30,070
Durham, NC 170 $16.75 $34,840
Spartanburg, SC 170 $15.80 $32,870
Albany, GA 160 $14.30 $29,750
Champaign-Urbana, IL 160 $16.75 $34,840
Alexandria, LA 160 $12.99 $27,020
Dover, DE 160 $15.92 $33,120
Medford, OR 160 $16.57 $34,470
Bend, OR 160 $17.62 $36,650
Laredo, TX 160 $12.61 $26,240
Bellingham, WA 150 $15.77 $32,790
Joplin, MO 150 $12.73 $26,480
Ocala, FL 150 $14.81 $30,810
Waco, TX 150 $15.29 $31,810
York-Hanover, PA 150 $16.12 $33,530
Salinas, CA 150 $23.14 $48,140
Cedar Rapids, IA 150 $16.21 $33,710
Chico, CA 150 $22.45 $46,710
Terre Haute, IN 140 $11.12 $23,120
Valdosta, GA 140 $13.16 $27,360
Kingston, NY 140 $15.21 $31,640
New Bedford, MA 140 $17.09 $35,550
Williamsport, PA 140 $12.58 $26,180
Missoula, MT 140 $11.73 $24,400
Fort Smith, AR-OK 140 $13.04 $27,120
Great Falls, MT 140 $13.62 $28,320
Green Bay, WI 140 $16.04 $33,370
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 140 $13.03 $27,110
Waterbury, CT 140 $17.66 $36,730
Roanoke, VA 140 $17.30 $35,980
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 130 $19.00 $39,510
Bloomington-Normal, IL 130 $20.64 $42,940
Sioux Falls, SD 130 $15.92 $33,120
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 130 $14.43 $30,000
Redding, CA 120 $14.97 $31,140
Yuba City, CA 120 $16.06 $33,400
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 120 $15.17 $31,550
Lafayette, IN 120 $15.97 $33,220
Clarksville, TN-KY 120 $13.66 $28,420
Knoxville, TN 120 $19.21 $39,950
Altoona, PA 120 $14.23 $29,600
Amarillo, TX 120 $18.50 $38,480
Visalia-Porterville, CA 120 $18.48 $38,430
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 110 $20.17 $41,950
Ponce, PR 110 $10.11 $21,030
Lubbock, TX 110 $15.31 $31,840
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 110 $16.69 $34,720
Ocean City, NJ 110 $19.68 $40,940
Yuma, AZ 110 $15.58 $32,400
Idaho Falls, ID 110 $14.30 $29,740
Warner Robins, GA 110 $14.52 $30,210
Midland, TX 110 $16.18 $33,650
Johnstown, PA 100 $17.05 $35,470
Barnstable Town, MA 100 $17.09 $35,550
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 100 $17.42 $36,220
Ithaca, NY 100 $16.41 $34,140
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 100 $17.04 $35,440
Iowa City, IA 100 $14.06 $29,250
Wenatchee, WA 100 $16.81 $34,970
Bloomington, IN 100 $13.67 $28,430
Dothan, AL 100 $11.35 $23,620
Morgantown, WV 100 $15.12 $31,450
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 100 $16.64 $34,600
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 90 $17.13 $35,640
Racine, WI 90 $17.16 $35,690
Santa Fe, NM 90 $17.31 $35,990
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 90 $12.81 $26,640
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 90 $14.18 $29,490
Auburn-Opelika, AL 90 $13.88 $28,870
Appleton, WI 90 $15.43 $32,100
Wilmington, NC 80 $18.58 $38,640
Mayaguez, PR 80 $8.77 $18,230
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 80 $17.54 $36,470
Jacksonville, NC 80 $9.56 $19,870
Lawrence, KS 80 $13.88 $28,880
La Crosse, WI-MN 80 $14.99 $31,180
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 80 $14.30 $29,750
Carson City, NV 80 $20.30 $42,220
Longview, TX 80 $16.10 $33,500
State College, PA 80 $16.54 $34,400
Flagstaff, AZ 80 $17.01 $35,390
Pascagoula, MS 80 $14.75 $30,680
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 80 $16.84 $35,030
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 80 $16.37 $34,050
Owensboro, KY 80 $14.00 $29,120
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 80 $19.67 $40,910
Bay City, MI 70 $14.57 $30,310
Portsmouth, NH-ME 70 $18.94 $39,390
Farmington, NM 70 $14.88 $30,950
Wichita Falls, TX 70 $19.75 $41,080
Odessa, TX 70 $17.39 $36,160
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 70 $12.89 $26,810
Mansfield, OH 70 $15.46 $32,150
Springfield, OH 70 $12.16 $25,300
Burlington, NC 70 $17.55 $36,510
Lebanon, PA 70 $17.42 $36,230
Jefferson City, MO 70 $14.77 $30,720
Jackson, MI 70 $16.32 $33,940
Bowling Green, KY 70 $14.29 $29,720
Bangor, ME 70 $15.29 $31,810
Danville, IL 70 $15.93 $33,130
Fayetteville, NC 70 $15.29 $31,790
Dalton, GA 60 $14.81 $30,810
Grand Junction, CO 60 $16.58 $34,490
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 60 $15.74 $32,730
Kokomo, IN 60 $20.04 $41,680
Muncie, IN 60 $13.59 $28,260
Lewiston, ID-WA 60 $14.46 $30,070
St. Cloud, MN 60 $15.69 $32,630
El Centro, CA 60 $13.35 $27,770
Cumberland, MD-WV 60 $15.94 $33,150
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 60 $16.42 $34,160
Merced, CA 60 $15.95 $33,180
Sheboygan, WI 60 $16.15 $33,590
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $16.18 $33,640
Elmira, NY 60 $17.99 $37,410
Punta Gorda, FL 50 $17.45 $36,290
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 50 $15.83 $32,930
Ames, IA 50 $11.93 $24,820
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 50 $19.29 $40,120
Casper, WY 50 $14.11 $29,340
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 50 $13.35 $27,770
Fond du Lac, WI 50 $15.32 $31,870
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 50 $21.51 $44,740
Sandusky, OH 50 $12.66 $26,330
Pittsfield, MA 50 $14.38 $29,920
Pine Bluff, AR 50 $11.33 $23,580
Elizabethtown, KY 40 $11.18 $23,260
Danbury, CT 40 $21.57 $44,860
Battle Creek, MI 40 $16.31 $33,930
Longview, WA 40 $16.05 $33,380
Rochester, MN 40 $18.60 $38,690
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $14.62 $30,410
Corvallis, OR 40 $14.48 $30,120
Abilene, TX 40 $12.80 $26,620
Fairbanks, AK 40 $21.79 $45,310
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 30 $14.52 $30,190
Decatur, IL 30 $16.20 $33,700
Decatur, AL 30 $14.48 $30,110
Anderson, IN 30 $14.61 $30,390
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 30 $7.74 $16,090
Lima, OH Not available $13.49 $28,060
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $16.80 $34,950
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $17.11 $35,590
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $16.72 $34,770
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $15.83 $32,930
Colorado Springs, CO Not available $17.28 $35,930
Janesville, WI Not available $14.98 $31,150
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Not available $23.15 $48,150
Wausau, WI Not available $18.69 $38,870
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Not available $18.37 $38,210
Wheeling, WV-OH Not available $12.48 $25,960
Cheyenne, WY Not available $14.15 $29,430
Salisbury, MD Not available $15.91 $33,090
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $13.35 $27,760
Anderson, SC Not available $19.42 $40,390
Ann Arbor, MI Not available $22.91 $47,660
Pueblo, CO Not available $11.13 $23,150
Florence, SC Not available $10.75 $22,350
Columbia, MO Not available $17.19 $35,760
Rapid City, SD Not available $14.20 $29,530
Jonesboro, AR Not available $12.85 $26,740
Springfield, MO Not available $13.69 $28,470
Tuscaloosa, AL Not available $15.21 $31,630
Asheville, NC Not available $14.38 $29,900
Yakima, WA Not available $16.07 $33,420
Gadsden, AL Not available $12.03 $25,020
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Not available $19.86 $41,310
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Not available $14.82 $30,830
Tyler, TX Not available $15.56 $32,370
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $14.56 $30,280
St. George, UT Not available $14.88 $30,960
Lawton, OK Not available $11.30 $23,510
Charlottesville, VA Not available $20.29 $42,200
Harrisonburg, VA Not available $14.72 $30,620
Lynchburg, VA Not available $14.45 $30,050
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $18.60 $38,680
Elkhart-Goshen, IN Not available $14.92 $31,030
Eau Claire, WI Not available $14.87 $30,930
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division Not available $19.15 $39,830
Palm Coast, FL Not available $16.72 $34,770
Glens Falls, NY Not available $15.74 $32,730
Pocatello, ID Not available $11.77 $24,490
Coeur d'Alene, ID Not available $13.88 $28,880
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Not available $14.74 $30,650
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Not available $14.32 $29,780
Dubuque, IA Not available $12.15 $25,280
Brunswick, GA Not available $15.87 $33,010
Gainesville, GA Not available $20.64 $42,930
Rome, GA Not available $11.34 $23,600
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