Legal Office Support Assistant I

Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.

6 employees hold this title in Alternate Public Defender. Median total compensation for the role is $87,682, below the department median of $227,420.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $532.9K
Role median: $87,682
Agency median: $227,420
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Legal Office Support Assistant I pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 14,930 people — is $62,620. Alternate Public Defender pays a median base salary of $57,181 for this role, 9% below that figure — about the 40th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Alternate Public Defender sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,490

$48,670

$62,620

$80,660

$108,310

Alternate Public Defender median · $57,181

The bar is the range of annual wages for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Alternate Public Defender’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. Alternate Public Defender’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 52nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,500

$44,450

$55,570

$71,970

$91,730

Alternate Public Defender median · $57,181

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Alternate Public Defender is $100,625, 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

This role across Los Angeles County

Legal Office Support Assistant I is held in 5 Los Angeles County departments. In Alternate Public Defender, the median of $87,682 ranks #4 of 5.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Child Support Services

$115,946 · 5

District Attorney

$109,184 · 96

Public Defender

$101,170 · 42

County Counsel

$60,480 · 49

Median total compensation for the Legal Office Support Assistant I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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