Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary in the US
A legal secretaries and administrative assistants earns a national median of $55,570 a year (mean $60,620) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #485 of 825.
How much does a legal secretaries and administrative assistants earn in the US?
A legal secretaries and administrative assistants in the United States earns a median of $55,570 a year (mean $60,620), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 156,280 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-6012), ranked #485 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$55,570
per year
Mean
$60,620
per year
Employment
156,280
US workers
National rank
#485
of 825 by median
What a legal secretaries and administrative assistants earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a legal secretaries and administrative assistants (SOC 43-6012) earns a median annual wage of $55,570 and a mean (average) of $60,620. The median is the midpoint — half of legal secretaries and administrative assistants earn more and half earn less — and is 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a legal secretaries and administrative assistants in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for legal secretaries and administrative assistants is $55,570, and the mean (average) is $60,620. The median is the midpoint — half of legal secretaries and administrative assistants earn more and half earn less.
- How does legal secretaries and administrative assistants pay compare to the US average?
- At $55,570, a legal secretaries and administrative assistants earns 9% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many legal secretaries and administrative assistants are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 156,280 legal secretaries and administrative assistants employed nationally (SOC 43-6012), across all industries.
- Where does this legal secretaries and administrative assistants salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 43-6012. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 43-6012 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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