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Legal Secretaries in Connecticut

Is Connecticut a good place for you to work as a Legal Secretary?

-21% Jobs Projection
$54,500 Median Salary
110 Job Openings

While jobs for Legal Secretaries in Connecticut are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Legal Secretaries in Connecticut is expected to decrease.

  • Legal Secretaries in Connecticut earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

1,880 people worked as Legal Secretaries in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,630 Legal Secretaries employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 250 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 2,080 Legal Secretaries working in it, which means Connecticut has fewer Legal Secretaries than average.

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Job Projections for Connecticut

Jobs for Legal Secretaries in this state are declining at a rate of 20.8% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -19.1%.

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Connecticut Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 110 annual job openings, and 1,220 total jobs in 2026 for Legal Secretaries in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 15,000 annual jobs and 157,500 total jobs in 2026.

In 2018 wages for Legal Secretaries ranged from $31,370 to $78,570 with $54,500 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $15.08 to $37.77. The median hourly rate was $26.2.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $25.05 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $1.15.

The median salary in Connecticut is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Legal Secretaries.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 710 $59,700
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 590 $54,040
Worcester, MA-CT 310 $43,500
Springfield, MA-CT 260 $37,850
New Haven, CT 230 $56,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI 210 $41,000
Danbury, CT 40 $49,660

The table below shows the states where most Legal Secretaries work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 26,220 $53,790
New York 15,440 $54,170
Texas 12,990 $40,890
Florida 9,460 $43,160
New Jersey 9,020 $49,840
Illinois 7,880 $48,380
Pennsylvania 7,420 $48,240
Michigan 5,230 $43,970
Ohio 4,830 $44,880
Missouri 4,480 $41,170
Georgia 3,980 $40,150
Alabama 3,930 $39,500
Massachusetts 3,920 $56,110
District of Columbia 3,540 $90,010
Minnesota 3,530 $51,890
Louisiana 3,310 $38,630
Colorado 3,250 $0
Tennessee 3,010 $42,820
Washington 2,780 $52,350
Indiana 2,780 $39,680

Below are the states where Legal Secretaries get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $90,010
Massachusetts $56,110
Connecticut $54,500
New York $54,170
California $53,790
Washington $52,350
Delaware $52,090
Minnesota $51,890
Rhode Island $50,100
New Jersey $49,840

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