Office & Admin

Legal Secretaries

SOC 43-6012

Prepare legal documents and keep a law office's calendar straight.

The job

Median pay

$56k

$44k to $72k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-5.2% projected

Openings a year

18k

BLS projection

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

5/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

45th pct

More exposed than 45% of occupations · modeled estimate · 71st pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

36/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	27,470	1.5	1.5×	$63k
Texas	13,380	1.0	0.9×	$46k
Florida	10,920	1.1	1.1×	$49k
New York	9,800	1.0	1.0×	$72k
Illinois	8,030	1.3	1.3×	$53k
Pennsylvania	6,230	1.0	1.0×	$51k
Ohio	4,360	0.8	0.8×	$51k
New Jersey	4,160	1.0	1.0×	$63k
Massachusetts	4,020	1.1	1.1×	$62k
Washington	3,950	1.1	1.1×	$58k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
North Carolina	3,780	0.8	0.8×	$44k
Michigan	3,580	0.8	0.8×	$57k
Missouri	3,310	1.1	1.1×	$39k
Georgia	3,260	0.7	0.7×	$48k
Tennessee	2,980	0.9	0.9×	$45k
Kentucky	2,810	1.4	1.4×	$39k
Indiana	2,670	0.8	0.8×	$48k
Arizona	2,600	0.8	0.8×	$55k
Louisiana	2,460	1.3	1.3×	$48k
Minnesota	2,410	0.8	0.8×	$63k
Virginia	2,380	0.6	0.6×	$55k
South Carolina	2,280	1.0	1.0×	$53k
Colorado	2,030	0.7	0.7×	$59k
Washington DC	1,940	2.8	2.8×	$99k
Alabama	1,840	0.9	0.9×	$46k
Maryland	1,670	0.6	0.6×	$61k
Kansas	1,600	1.1	1.1×	$37k
Oregon	1,590	0.8	0.8×	$60k
Nevada	1,430	0.9	0.9×	$56k
New Mexico	1,400	1.6	1.6×	$58k
Nebraska	1,310	1.3	1.3×	$46k
Oklahoma	1,290	0.8	0.8×	$46k
Wisconsin	1,210	0.4	0.4×	$55k
West Virginia	1,200	1.7	1.7×	$47k
Iowa	1,120	0.7	0.7×	$47k
Connecticut	1,090	0.6	0.6×	$66k
Delaware	980	2.0	2.0×	$66k
Utah	940	0.5	0.5×	$53k
Maine	860	1.3	1.3×	$48k
Mississippi	820	0.7	0.7×	$45k
Montana	730	1.4	1.4×	$54k~
Hawaii	680	1.1	1.1×	$49k
Alaska	660	2.0	2.0×	$61k
Arkansas	610	0.5	0.5×	$41k
South Dakota	560	1.2	1.2×	$48k
Idaho	420	0.5	0.5×	$42k
Rhode Island	390	0.8	0.8×	$63k
North Dakota	360	0.8	0.8×	$54k
New Hampshire	300	0.4	0.4×	$52k
Wyoming	280	1.0	1.0×	$47k
Vermont	274	0.9	0.9×	$49k~

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA14,930 jobs · $63k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9,580 jobs · $76k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,120 jobs · $59k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,920 jobs · $43k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX4,210 jobs · $46k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,210 jobs · $50k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,930 jobs · $56k median
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,420 jobs · $62k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.