Legal Secretary

Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants is $51,320. City Court pays a median base salary of $45,879 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at City Court is $45,879, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Legal Secretary is held in 4 City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish departments. In City Court, the median of $45,879 ranks #2 of 4.

This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, the median of $44,570 ranks #13 of 21. See Legal Secretary across all of City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish →

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