City of Buffalo / Law / Legal Secretary
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
2 employees hold this title in Law. Median total compensation for the role is $49,731, below the department median of $69,220.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 540 people — is $50,290. Law pays a median base salary of $32,212 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants across every employer in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Law’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 156,280 people — is $55,570. Law’s median base salary is 42% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Law is $49,731, 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.
Compare departments
Legal Secretary is held in 2 City of Buffalo departments. In Law, the median of $49,731 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Legal Secretary role in other City of Buffalodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. See Legal Secretary across all of City of Buffalo →
Median total compensation for comparable Legal Secretaryroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Legal Secretary/Law
Source-specific fields
Denise Sandarelli is a Legal Secretary at Law within General Government Support. 2026 total compensation came to $52,572.
Legal Secretary/Law
Source-specific fields
Evelyn Soto works as a Legal Secretary for Law within General Government Support. Evelyn earned $46,890 in 2026.