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Legal Secretaries

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of jobs for legal secretaries in the US is about 275,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a low level of unemployment.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those working as employees, 19% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 1% of legal secretaries are independent contractors.

Training and Education

An associate degree is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 18% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 49% of legal secretaries attended college, but do not have a degree. 33% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in Great Falls (Montana), Newark (New Jersey), and Macon (Georgia), and fewer jobs in Rochester (Minnesota), Nashua (New Hampshire), and Knoxville (Tennessee).

Compensation for legal secretaries is the most in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Washington (District of Columbia), and the lowest in Elizabethtown (Kentucky), Dothan (Alabama), and Jacksonville (North Carolina).

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Legal Secretaries: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Legal Secretaries, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Legal Secretaries are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Legal Secretaries are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAuburn90$28,8701.1
AlabamaBirmingham1,830$36,0401.7
AlabamaDecatur30$30,1100.3
AlabamaDothan100$23,6200.9
AlabamaFlorence70$26,8100.8
AlabamaHuntsville290$30,7400.7
AlabamaMobile480$35,9501.4
AlabamaMontgomery410$31,2701.2
AlaskaAnchorage340$44,8401.1
AlaskaFairbanks40$45,3100.7
ArizonaFlagstaff80$35,3900.8
ArizonaPhoenix3,250$42,0900.9
ArizonaTucson810$37,7901.1
ArizonaYuma110$32,4001
ArkansasFayetteville220$30,4300.6
ArkansasFort Smith140$27,1200.6
ArkansasLittle Rock560$32,8200.8
ArkansasPine Bluff50$23,5800.9
CaliforniaBakersfield230$38,6800.4
CaliforniaChico150$46,7101.2
CaliforniaEl Centro60$27,7700.7
CaliforniaFresno580$46,6100.9
CaliforniaMerced60$33,1800.6
CaliforniaModesto180$51,5000.6
CaliforniaOakland1,280$51,0200.6
CaliforniaOxnard440$46,9100.7
CaliforniaRedding120$31,1401
CaliforniaRiverside1,270$38,5400.5
CaliforniaSacramento2,020$44,2901.1
CaliforniaSalinas150$48,1400.5
CaliforniaSan Diego2,800$44,3001
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,430$60,3801.7
CaliforniaSan Jose1,630$64,0400.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,250$48,9701.1
CaliforniaSanta Barbara200$43,6700.6
CaliforniaSanta Rosa300$43,6600.8
CaliforniaStockton200$39,3200.5
CaliforniaVallejo110$41,9500.5
CaliforniaVisalia120$38,4300.5
CaliforniaYuba City120$33,4001.8
ColoradoBoulder180$46,4600.6
ColoradoDenver2,320$46,2600.9
ColoradoFort Collins100$34,6000.4
ColoradoGrand Junction60$34,4900.6
ConnecticutBridgeport640$48,6200.7
ConnecticutDanbury40$44,8600.3
ConnecticutHartford950$49,4900.8
ConnecticutNew Haven430$45,1800.8
ConnecticutWaterbury140$36,7301.1
DelawareDover160$33,1201.7
DelawareWilmington1,020$47,3301.6
District of ColumbiaWashington8,890$58,5301.9
FloridaCape Coral270$41,4100.7
FloridaDeltona260$32,5600.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,540$40,5701.7
FloridaGainesville250$30,6401.2
FloridaJacksonville1,020$37,4500.8
FloridaLakeland240$32,8200.6
FloridaMiami3,990$41,3502
FloridaOcala150$30,8100.9
FloridaOrlando2,340$41,4901.1
FloridaPalm Bay180$38,7800.5
FloridaPanama City90$29,4900.7
FloridaPensacola320$33,9501.1
FloridaPort St Lucie250$37,2701
FloridaPunta Gorda50$36,2900.7
FloridaSarasota450$35,2000.9
FloridaTallahassee400$39,1101.3
FloridaTampa2,840$37,4101.2
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,880$42,9401.7
GeorgiaAlbany160$29,7501.5
GeorgiaAtlanta4,050$45,9400.8
GeorgiaAugusta410$33,2001
GeorgiaColumbus200$28,2801
GeorgiaDalton60$30,8100.4
GeorgiaHinesville30$30,1901.5
GeorgiaMacon410$28,460 2.2
GeorgiaSavannah300$33,1601
GeorgiaValdosta140$27,3601.4
GeorgiaWarner Robins110$30,2101.3
HawaiiHonolulu570$44,6000.7
IdahoBoise540$38,2501
IdahoIdaho Falls110$29,7401.3
IdahoLewiston60$30,0701.6
IllinoisBloomington130$42,9401
IllinoisChampaign160$34,8400.9
IllinoisChicago10,370$46,5201.3
IllinoisDanville70$33,1301.7
IllinoisDecatur30$33,7000.4
IllinoisKankakee60$32,7300.9
IllinoisPeoria430$37,1401.3
IllinoisRockford460$34,3801.6
IllinoisSpringfield170$37,2500.9
IndianaAnderson30$30,3900.4
IndianaBloomington100$28,4300.8
IndianaEvansville180$30,9500.5
IndianaFort Wayne320$36,0700.8
IndianaGary550$29,5501
IndianaIndianapolis1,670$41,5700.9
IndianaKokomo60$41,6801
IndianaLafayette120$33,2200.9
IndianaMuncie60$28,2600.8
IndianaSouth Bend120$31,5500.5
IndianaTerre Haute140$23,1201.1
IowaAmes50$24,8200.8
IowaCedar Rapids150$33,7100.6
IowaDavenport420$37,4301.2
IowaDes Moines510$36,9200.8
IowaIowa City100$29,2500.8
KansasLawrence80$28,8801
KansasTopeka250$24,9801.2
KansasWichita280$31,4900.5
KentuckyBowling Green70$29,7200.7
KentuckyElizabethtown40$23,2600.5
KentuckyLexington290$36,1300.6
KentuckyLouisville720$38,0100.6
KentuckyOwensboro80$29,1200.9
LouisianaAlexandria160$27,0201.5
LouisianaBaton Rouge690$32,6600.9
LouisianaLafayette390$34,1401.4
LouisianaLake Charles220$32,1401.4
LouisianaMonroe210$30,7801.5
LouisianaNew Orleans1,560$39,4801.5
LouisianaShreveport290$32,6700.9
MaineBangor70$31,8100.6
MaineLewiston80$35,0300.9
MainePortland380$37,2301
MarylandBaltimore1,940$42,2400.7
MarylandBethesda560$41,4800.5
MarylandCumberland60$33,1501
MarylandHagerstown130$30,0000.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town100$35,5500.5
MassachusettsBoston4,680$54,0301.3
MassachusettsFramingham180$38,1700.6
MassachusettsLeominster60$33,6400.7
MassachusettsNew Bedford140$35,5501.2
MassachusettsPittsfield50$29,9200.9
MassachusettsSpringfield430$38,8600.7
MassachusettsTaunton50$44,7400.6
MassachusettsWorcester460$43,2800.9
MichiganBattle Creek40$33,9300.5
MichiganBay City70$30,3101.2
MichiganDetroit1,160$45,9400.8
MichiganFlint270$32,6101
MichiganGrand Rapids670$41,9600.9
MichiganJackson70$33,9400.8
MichiganKalamazoo180$40,7300.7
MichiganLansing590$41,4901.6
MichiganMuskegon50$40,1200.5
MichiganNiles50$32,9300.5
MichiganSaginaw100$36,2200.7
MichiganWarren1,870$44,5900.8
MinnesotaDuluth170$37,3200.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis3,510$48,1601
MinnesotaRochester40$38,6900.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud60$32,6300.3
MississippiGulfport90$35,6400.4
MississippiJackson560$41,2101.1
MississippiPascagoula80$30,6801
MissouriJefferson City70$30,7200.6
MissouriJoplin150$26,4801
MissouriKansas City1,680$37,9700.8
MissouriSt Louis2,490$41,0200.9
MontanaBillings170$32,3001.1
MontanaGreat Falls140$28,320 2.4
MontanaMissoula140$24,4001.5
NebraskaLincoln220$37,4200.7
NebraskaOmaha560$37,7700.6
NevadaCarson City80$42,2201.8
NevadaLas Vegas1,440$44,1400.8
NevadaReno580$44,7801.4
New HampshireManchester210$41,7301.1
New HampshireNashua60$34,1600.2
New HampshirePortsmouth70$39,3900.7
New HampshireRochester100$35,4401
New JerseyAtlantic City320$37,7601.1
New JerseyCamden1,620$40,9301.5
New JerseyEdison2,540$43,6201.2
New JerseyNewark4,840$45,970 2.4
New JerseyOcean City110$40,9401.5
New JerseyTrenton680$45,7701.6
New JerseyVineland110$34,7201.1
New MexicoAlbuquerque590$32,5600.8
New MexicoFarmington70$30,9500.8
New MexicoSanta Fe90$35,9900.8
New YorkAlbany1,250$37,2301.4
New YorkBinghamton180$34,1900.9
New YorkBuffalo1,490$33,7601.4
New YorkElmira60$37,4101
New YorkIthaca100$34,1401.4
New YorkKingston140$31,6401.3
New YorkNassau4,960$42,2702
New YorkNew York20,530$45,4302
New YorkPoughkeepsie500$38,1201.1
New YorkRochester1,150$34,4001.1
New YorkSyracuse810$34,7701.3
New YorkUtica190$27,2700.8
North CarolinaBurlington70$36,5100.7
North CarolinaCharlotte1,210$41,1900.7
North CarolinaDurham170$34,8400.3
North CarolinaFayetteville70$31,7900.3
North CarolinaGreensboro300$33,1300.4
North CarolinaJacksonville80$19,8701.1
North CarolinaRaleigh730$45,5500.7
North CarolinaWilmington80$38,6400.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem240$40,9900.6
North DakotaBismarck170$30,0701.7
North DakotaFargo180$33,3000.8
North DakotaGrand Forks40$30,4100.5
OhioAkron670$32,8601
OhioCanton230$29,3600.7
OhioCincinnati1,600$40,7300.8
OhioCleveland2,730$39,7001.3
OhioColumbus1,210$39,1400.6
OhioDayton620$35,7900.8
OhioMansfield70$32,1500.8
OhioSandusky50$26,3300.8
OhioSpringfield70$25,3000.9
OhioToledo440$37,7500.7
OhioYoungstown350$28,3100.8
OklahomaOklahoma City910$31,2500.8
OklahomaTulsa660$32,0400.8
OregonBend160$36,6501.3
OregonCorvallis40$30,1200.8
OregonEugene260$30,6400.9
OregonMedford160$34,4701
OregonPortland2,260$43,4201.1
OregonSalem490$33,1801.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown720$31,0501.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona120$29,6001.1
PennsylvaniaErie220$28,4800.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg650$36,9201
PennsylvaniaJohnstown100$35,4701
PennsylvaniaLancaster290$35,1800.6
PennsylvaniaLebanon70$36,2300.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia6,760$43,3901.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,960$34,5001.3
PennsylvaniaReading300$35,4700.9
PennsylvaniaScranton720$25,0901.4
PennsylvaniaState College80$34,4000.8
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport140$26,1801.6
PennsylvaniaYork150$33,5300.4
Rhode IslandProvidence1,360$36,4701.2
South CarolinaCharleston590$33,0301
South CarolinaColumbia810$36,4201.2
South CarolinaGreenville590$34,7901
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach220$40,8901
South CarolinaSpartanburg170$32,8700.7
South DakotaSioux Falls130$33,1200.5
TennesseeChattanooga290$33,6100.6
TennesseeClarksville120$28,4200.9
TennesseeKnoxville120$39,9500.2
TennesseeMemphis630$37,6800.5
TennesseeNashville1,040$35,9800.7
TexasAbilene40$26,6200.4
TexasAmarillo120$38,4800.6
TexasAustin1,740$39,6801.1
TexasBeaumont220$37,1500.7
TexasBrownsville250$27,8701.1
TexasCorpus Christi270$34,8300.8
TexasDallas4,460$46,4001
TexasEl Paso310$33,3700.6
TexasFort Worth880$40,2700.5
TexasHouston3,210$45,7900.6
TexasLaredo160$26,2401.1
TexasLongview80$33,5000.5
TexasLubbock110$31,8400.5
TexasMcallen420$28,6201
TexasMidland110$33,6500.9
TexasOdessa70$36,1600.7
TexasSan Antonio1,000$38,4400.6
TexasTexarkana90$26,6400.9
TexasWaco150$31,8100.8
TexasWichita Falls70$41,0800.7
UtahProvo190$29,9200.6
UtahSalt Lake City1,330$39,1701.1
VermontBurlington130$39,5100.6
VirginiaRichmond790$41,5600.7
VirginiaRoanoke140$35,9800.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach740$36,6600.5
WashingtonBellingham150$32,7901
WashingtonBremerton80$36,4700.5
WashingtonKennewick80$40,9100.5
WashingtonLongview40$33,3800.7
WashingtonMount Vernon80$34,0501
WashingtonOlympia250$41,8901.4
WashingtonSeattle2,400$46,4900.8
WashingtonSpokane290$35,5500.7
WashingtonWenatchee100$34,9701.5
West VirginiaCharleston400$33,4901.4
West VirginiaHuntington210$27,5101
West VirginiaMorgantown100$31,4501.2
West VirginiaParkersburg140$27,1101.1
West VirginiaWeirton50$27,7700.7
WisconsinAppleton90$32,1000.4
WisconsinFond50$31,8700.7
WisconsinGreen Bay140$33,3700.4
WisconsinLa Crosse80$31,1800.6
WisconsinMadison440$41,1400.7
WisconsinMilwaukee1,540$39,8600.9
WisconsinOshkosh80$29,7500.5
WisconsinRacine90$35,6900.6
WisconsinSheboygan60$33,5900.6
WyomingCasper50$29,3400.8
 

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