Georgia / Labor, Department Of / Legal Secretary 1

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Legal Secretary 1

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

21 employees hold this title in Labor, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $41,823, below the department median of $47,900.

Employees: 21
Total payroll: $704K
Role median: $41,823
Agency median: $47,900
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$9,146$47,096+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 21 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Legal Secretary 1 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 3,260 people — is $48,460. Labor, Department Of pays a median base salary of $42,833 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 31st percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Labor, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,650

$40,990

$48,460

$60,830

$72,030

Labor, Department Of median · $42,833

The bar is the range of annual wages for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Labor, Department Of’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. Labor, Department Of’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 22nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,500

$44,450

$55,570

$71,970

$91,730

Labor, Department Of median · $42,833

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 15 of 21 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Labor, Department Of is $41,823, 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 Georgia

Legal Secretary 1 is held in 3 Georgia departments. In Labor, Department Of, the median of $41,823 ranks #2 of 3.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Education, Department Of

$46,557 · 1

Human Services, Department Of

$25,278 · 82

Median total compensation for the Legal Secretary 1 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Legal Secretary beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $33,511 ranks #18 of 21. See Legal Secretary across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$158,525 · 60

$104,988 · 117

$92,295 · 11

$68,958 · 796

$67,608 · 5

$62,406 · 55

School District of Philadelphia

$62,204 · 5

City of Phoenix, Arizona

$57,530 · 5

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.

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