California / Education / 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 Education. Median total compensation for the role is $61,660, below the department median of $82,233.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 27,470 people — is $62,860. Education pays a median base salary of $61,060 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 46th 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 California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Education’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. Education’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 58th 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 California range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Education is $61,660, 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 36 California departments. In Education, the median of $61,660 ranks #22 of 36.
Median total compensation for the Legal Secretary role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $68,958 ranks #4 of 21. See Legal Secretary across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Legal Secretary roles 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/Education
Source-specific fields
At Education, Sherlyn Parker serves as a Legal Secretary. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,726. Union affiliation: R04.
Legal Secretary/Education
Source-specific fields
At Education, Elisa Ramirez serves as a Legal Secretary. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $61,594. They are represented by R04.