Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · SOC 43-6012
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary in the New Jersey
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Jersey
Figures describe the state of New Jersey as a whole.
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the New Jersey earned a median of $63,080 per year ($30.33 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,900 at the 10th percentile to $89,010 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,160 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the New Jersey earn more than $63,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,910 and $76,100.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $41,900 | $48,910 | $63,080 | $76,100 | $89,010 |
| Hourly | $20.15 | $23.51 | $30.33 | $36.59 | $42.79 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- New Jersey$63,080 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $48,910 to $76,100
- United Statesnational$55,570 median for United States; middle half earns $44,450 to $71,970
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in New Jersey
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for legal secretaries and administrative assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- New Jerseythis page$63,080 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $48,910 to $76,100
- $59,370 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $47,430 to $74,070
- $59,360 median for Atlantic City metro area; middle half earns $46,900 to $63,370
- $51,450 median for Vineland metro area; middle half earns $47,050 to $59,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.