Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$78,290avg. a year
$37.64 an hour · 9,580 employed
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $78,290 a year. That is $3,420 (5%) more than the New York average of $74,870. The U.S. average is $60,620.
$75,920Median pay
$37.64Average hourly
+5%vs. New York average
9,580Jobs in this metro
Other New York metro areas
Average pay for legal secretaries and administrative assistants in other New York metro areas. Swipe to see all 9.
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Kingston, NY
$61,770
$29.70 an hour
2400 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$60,140
$28.91 an hour
330 jobs
Glens Falls, NY
$55,710
$26.78 an hour
4540 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$54,860
$26.37 an hour
5230 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$54,850
$26.37 an hour
6410 jobs
Rochester, NY
$54,700
$26.30 an hour
7310 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$53,020
$25.49 an hour
870 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$50,980
$24.51 an hour
970 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$50,960
$24.50 an hour
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do legal secretaries and administrative assistants make in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $78,290 a year, and the median is $75,920. About 9,580 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is $3,420 (5%) more than the New York average of $74,870.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.00 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6012. Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.