Office & Admin

Legal Secretaries

SOC 43-6012

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

Median pay

$56k

$44k to $72k typical range

Outlook

Declining

20k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI exposure

47%

modeled estimate · 71th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

30/100

Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.