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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · SOC 43-6012

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$62,000
Median hourly wage$29.81

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $62,000 per year ($29.81 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,140 at the 10th percentile to $95,340 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,570 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Seattle metro area earn more than $62,000 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $52,060 and $79,830.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,140$52,060$62,000$79,830$95,340
Hourly$21.70$25.03$29.81$38.38$45.84

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.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $62,000
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $58,360
  • United Statesnational
    $55,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +6% vs Washington overall and +12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$43,650$65,460$87,270Arecibo, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,840Ponce, PR — $26,000Greenville, NC — $34,580Joplin, MO-KS — $35,130San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,560Jacksonville, NC — $36,030Elizabethtown, KY — $36,230Dothan, AL — $36,310Fayetteville, NC — $36,360St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,500Bowling Green, KY — $36,860Owensboro, KY — $36,870Great Falls, MT — $37,040Monroe, LA — $37,280Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,380Columbia, MO — $37,420Alexandria, LA — $37,670Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,700Grand Island, NE — $37,700Burlington, NC — $37,800Springfield, MO — $37,900Columbus, GA-AL — $37,990Harrisonburg, VA — $38,120Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,150Eagle Pass, TX — $38,320Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,360Decatur, AL — $38,440Missoula, MT — $38,560Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,910Paducah, KY-IL — $38,910Cleveland, TN — $39,010Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $39,210Enid, OK — $39,330Manhattan, KS — $39,450Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $39,590Erie, PA — $39,840Auburn-Opelika, AL — $39,880Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,990Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,260Gainesville, GA — $40,410Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $41,920Wichita Falls, TX — $41,990Idaho Falls, ID — $42,030Lynchburg, VA — $42,090Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $42,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,690Valdosta, GA — $42,840Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,880Corpus Christi, TX — $42,890Johnson City, TN — $43,390Boise City, ID — $43,470Winchester, VA-WV — $43,800Bloomington, IN — $44,090Asheville, NC — $44,130Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,150Evansville, IN — $44,180Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,360Albany, GA — $44,380Topeka, KS — $44,390Wichita, KS — $44,580Fort Wayne, IN — $44,730Laredo, TX — $44,740Lawrence, KS — $44,770Jefferson City, MO — $44,870San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,970Ocala, FL — $44,980Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,990McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,100Charlottesville, VA — $45,120Odessa, TX — $45,150Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,370Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,380Lake Charles, LA — $45,400Texarkana, TX-AR — $45,410Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,570Jackson, TN — $45,610Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,730Saginaw, MI — $45,770Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,830Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,830Kokomo, IN — $45,860Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,870South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,870Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,890Mobile, AL — $45,910Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $45,920Roanoke, VA — $45,950Winston-Salem, NC — $45,960Florence, SC — $46,120Iowa City, IA — $46,140Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,150Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,190Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,240Lancaster, PA — $46,250San Angelo, TX — $46,260Terre Haute, IN — $46,330Springfield, MA — $46,350Abilene, TX — $46,370Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,400Lubbock, TX — $46,450Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,460Hammond, LA — $46,480Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,510Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,510Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,540Utica-Rome, NY — $46,550Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,590Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,590Tyler, TX — $46,650Lebanon, PA — $46,710Ogden, UT — $46,720Rockford, IL — $46,730Niles, MI — $46,760Peoria, IL — $46,940Oklahoma City, OK — $46,990Lafayette, LA — $47,160Pittsburgh, PA — $47,180Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,230Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,300Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,310Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,340Tucson, AZ — $47,380Wheeling, WV-OH — $47,410Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,430Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,490Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,500Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,510Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,530Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,610Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $47,630Wausau, WI — $47,660Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,690Visalia, CA — $47,750Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,790Knoxville, TN — $47,860Longview, TX — $47,860Gainesville, FL — $47,920Waco, TX — $47,930El Paso, TX — $47,970Chambersburg, PA — $47,990Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,000Lincoln, NE — $48,140St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,200Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,240Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,240Rapid City, SD — $48,250Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,290Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,330Huntsville, AL — $48,340Bloomington, IL — $48,370Helena, MT — $48,460Tallahassee, FL — $48,490College Station-Bryan, TX — $48,510Bangor, ME — $48,670Birmingham, AL — $48,730Omaha, NE-IA — $48,760Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,790Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,900Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $48,900Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,910State College, PA — $48,930Montgomery, AL — $49,000Billings, MT — $49,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,070Akron, OH — $49,080Charleston, WV — $49,130Yakima, WA — $49,160Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,200Binghamton, NY — $49,280Springfield, IL — $49,290Farmington, NM — $49,340Jacksonville, FL — $49,350Traverse City, MI — $49,370Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,390Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,490Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,490Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,560Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,620Tulsa, OK — $49,660Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,750Green Bay, WI — $49,840Amarillo, TX — $49,850Greeley, CO — $49,920Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,920York-Hanover, PA — $50,010Redding, CA — $50,020Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,100Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $50,240Yuma, AZ — $50,240Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $50,260Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,290Glens Falls, NY — $50,340Appleton, WI — $50,490Salem, OR — $50,510Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,520Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,710Flint, MI — $50,850St. Cloud, MN — $50,970Baton Rouge, LA — $51,320Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,370Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,390Las Cruces, NM — $51,420Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,440Vineland, NJ — $51,450Colorado Springs, CO — $51,910Rochester, NY — $52,160Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,580Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $52,710Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $52,920Reading, PA — $52,930Medford, OR — $53,260Grand Forks, ND-MN — $53,880Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $54,100Bellingham, WA — $54,130Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,190Jackson, MS — $54,240Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,740Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $54,900Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $54,970Boulder, CO — $55,590Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $55,750Syracuse, NY — $55,780Fresno, CA — $55,820Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,940Canton-Massillon, OH — $56,120Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,480Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $56,510Fargo, ND-MN — $56,590Dover, DE — $57,130Minot, ND — $57,250Spartanburg, SC — $57,580Portland-South Portland, ME — $57,620Toledo, OH — $58,060North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,290Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,490Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $58,500Columbia, SC — $58,520Madison, WI — $58,840Bismarck, ND — $58,870Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,990Napa, CA — $59,130Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $59,360Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,370Savannah, GA — $59,440Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $59,470Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,490Fairbanks-College, AK — $59,800Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,830San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $59,970Midland, TX — $60,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,100Stockton-Lodi, CA — $60,100Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,230Kingston, NY — $60,280Columbus, OH — $60,420Rochester, MN — $60,610Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,730Albuquerque, NM — $60,860New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,030Anchorage, AK — $61,280Richmond, VA — $61,600Ann Arbor, MI — $61,660Worcester, MA — $61,730San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,780Bend, OR — $61,820Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,880Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,000Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,330Duluth, MN-WI — $62,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,620Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,690Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $62,950Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,470Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $64,480Vallejo, CA — $64,850Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,790New Haven, CT — $67,290Santa Fe, NM — $67,600Carson City, NV — $67,670Manchester-Nashua, NH — $69,720Lexington Park, MD — $70,660Reno, NV — $71,130Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $71,670Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $74,360Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,790Salinas, CA — $75,150New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,920Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $75,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,220Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $79,410San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,270

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 26th-highest published median for this occupation among the 297 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

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.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $62,000
  • Bremerton metro area
    $62,950
  • Kennewick metro area
    $54,190
  • Bellingham metro area
    $54,130
  • Olympia metro area
    $52,670
  • Longview metro area
    $51,370
  • Yakima metro area
    $49,160

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Office Clerks, General$53,290Customer Service Representatives$53,550First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$81,640Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,460Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$60,230Receptionists and Information Clerks$45,820

Highest-paying metro areas for legal secretaries and administrative assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro

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.