Utah / Judicial Branch / Legal Secretary I
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
13 employees hold this title in Judicial Branch. Median total compensation for the role is $53,334, below the department median of $65,874.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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. Judicial Branch pays a median base salary of $34,487 for this role, 35% 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 Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Judicial Branch’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. Judicial Branch’s median base salary is 38% 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 20 of 28 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 Judicial Branch is $55,202, 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 I is held in 2 Utah departments. In Judicial Branch, the median of $53,334 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Legal Secretary I 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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Evelyn Guerrero is a Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. 2019 total compensation came to $70,533.
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Michele Mogensen holds the role of Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. In 2019, their total compensation was $66,822.
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Senara Sua is a Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Court Administrator. 2019 total compensation came to $66,504.
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Melissa Ormond holds the role of Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. In 2019, their total compensation was $63,269.
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Tresa Kosec works as a Legal Secretary I for Judicial Branch within Sjc Court Administrator. Tresa earned $62,013 in 2017.
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Megan Rinderknecht holds the role of Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. In 2019, their total compensation was $55,977.
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At Judicial Branch, Rachael Bott serves as a Legal Secretary I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $53,334.
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Rachel Thomas works as a Legal Secretary I for Judicial Branch within Comp & Excess Pool. Rachel earned $51,568 in 2019.
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Jennifer Wood is a Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Court Administrator. 2017 total compensation came to $29,161.
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Shelly Hansen holds the role of Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. In 2017, their total compensation was $27,323.
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Penny Paxton Ogura works as a Legal Secretary I for Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. Penny earned $25,523 in 2018.
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Emily Lawrence is a Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. 2019 total compensation came to $17,288.
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Karla Hullinger is a Legal Secretary I at Judicial Branch within Sjc Guardian Ad Litem. 2019 total compensation came to $16,174.