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Legal Secretaries in Rhode Island

Legal Secretaries in Rhode Island

Is Rhode Island a good place for you to work as a Legal Secretary?

-19% Jobs Projection
$50,100 Median Salary
50 Job Openings

While jobs for Legal Secretaries in Rhode Island are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Legal Secretaries in Rhode Island is expected to decrease.

  • Legal Secretaries in Rhode Island earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

In Rhode Island, there were 1,120 people working as Legal Secretaries in the year 2018.

There were 740 Legal Secretaries employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 380 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 2,080 Legal Secretaries working in it, which means Rhode Island has fewer Legal Secretaries than average.

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Job Projections for Rhode Island

Jobs for Legal Secretaries in this state are declining at a rate of 18.8% which is a slower decline than the nationwide estimated projection of %.

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Rhode Island Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 50 annual Legal Secretaries job openings in Rhode Island, and 560 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 15,000 annual jobs and 157,500 total jobs in 2026.

In 2018 wages for Legal Secretaries ranged from $33,370 to $61,640 with $50,100 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $16.04 to $29.64. The median hourly rate was $24.09.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $21.7 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $2.39.

The median salary in Rhode Island is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Legal Secretaries.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 1,200 $49,550
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI 210 $41,000

View the list below to see where most Legal Secretaries work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 26,220 $53,790
New York 15,440 $54,170
Texas 12,990 $40,890
Florida 9,460 $43,160
New Jersey 9,020 $49,840
Illinois 7,880 $48,380
Pennsylvania 7,420 $48,240
Michigan 5,230 $43,970
Ohio 4,830 $44,880
Missouri 4,480 $41,170
Georgia 3,980 $40,150
Alabama 3,930 $39,500
Massachusetts 3,920 $56,110
District of Columbia 3,540 $90,010
Minnesota 3,530 $51,890
Louisiana 3,310 $38,630
Colorado 3,250 $0
Tennessee 3,010 $42,820
Washington 2,780 $52,350
Indiana 2,780 $39,680

Below are the states where Legal Secretaries get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $90,010
Massachusetts $56,110
Connecticut $54,500
New York $54,170
California $53,790
Washington $52,350
Delaware $52,090
Minnesota $51,890
Rhode Island $50,100
New Jersey $49,840

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