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The average salary for an Experienced Legal Secretary with Microsoft Word skills in New York, New York is $76,891.
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$51k
MEDIAN
$77k
90%
$88k
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Popular Skills for Legal Secretary
Avg. Salary
Popularity
Document Preparation
$76,437
39 responses
Client Interaction
$76,407
25 responses
Typing
$71,681
24 responses
Drafting Correspondence
$76,282
22 responses
Scheduling
$77,584
21 responses
Skills in Scheduling are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Drafting Correspondence, Typing, Client Interaction and Document Preparation.
Pay by Experience Level for Legal Secretary
An early career Legal Secretary with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $45,005 based on 13 salaries. A mid-career Legal Secretary with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $51,412 based on 10 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $78,696.
Pay Difference by Location
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Employees with Legal Secretary in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 1.4% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Washington, District of Columbia (0.9% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Dallas, Texas (35.4% less), Chicago, Illinois (25.7% less) and Sacramento, California (25.6% less).
Years of Experience
This data is based on 91 survey responses.
Early Career
14.3%
Mid Career
11.0%
Late Career
74.7%
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