Utah / Department of Workforce Services / Legal Secretary
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
10 employees hold this title in Department of Workforce Services. Median total compensation for the role is $63,096, below the department median of $69,979.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants — about 940 people — is $52,860. Department of Workforce Services pays a median base salary of $36,462 for this role, 31% below that figure — about the 11th 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 Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Workforce Services’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. Department of Workforce Services’s median base salary is 34% 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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9 of 11 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 Department of Workforce Services is $61,050, 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 8 Utah departments. In Department of Workforce Services, the median of $63,096 ranks #2 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Legal Secretary role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $50,645 ranks #11 of 21. See Legal Secretary across all of Utah →
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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Record list
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Jackie Bryant works as a Legal Secretary for Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Jackie earned $70,089 in 2019.
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At Department of Workforce Services, Connie Perez serves as a Legal Secretary within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Their 2019 pay totaled $68,172.
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Christine Denison works as a Legal Secretary for Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Christine earned $66,181 in 2019.
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Jennifer Jones holds the role of Legal Secretary at Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. In 2019, their total compensation was $65,516.
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At Department of Workforce Services, April Larsen serves as a Legal Secretary within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Their 2019 pay totaled $65,141.
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Cindy Meehan holds the role of Legal Secretary at Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. In 2017, their total compensation was $61,050.
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Cheryl Christiansen is a Legal Secretary at Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. 2019 total compensation came to $60,906.
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Lesa Anderson works as a Legal Secretary for Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Lesa earned $54,455 in 2019.
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At Department of Workforce Services, Meredith Gibson serves as a Legal Secretary within Dws Operations & Policy. Their 2019 pay totaled $54,021.
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Shauna Heil works as a Legal Secretary for Department of Workforce Services within Dws Unemployment Insurance. Shauna earned $7,222 in 2017.