Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
$58,670avg. a year
$28.21 an hour · 4,210 employed
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area earn an average of $58,670 a year. That is $3,250 (6%) more than the Florida average of $55,420. The U.S. average is $60,620.
$49,620Median pay
$28.21Average hourly
+6%vs. Florida average
4,210Jobs in this metro
Other Florida metro areas
Average pay for legal secretaries and administrative assistants in other Florida metro areas. Swipe to see all 16.
1280 jobs
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
$58,780
$28.26 an hour
260 jobs
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
$54,900
$26.39 an hour
3120 jobs
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
$54,430
$26.17 an hour
42,430 jobs
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
$54,300
$26.11 an hour
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Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
$54,220
$26.07 an hour
6600 jobs
Jacksonville, FL
$53,810
$25.87 an hour
7180 jobs
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
$53,740
$25.84 an hour
8100 jobs
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
$53,680
$25.81 an hour
9260 jobs
Tallahassee, FL
$53,480
$25.71 an hour
1060 jobs
Gainesville, FL
$53,400
$25.67 an hour
11370 jobs
Naples-Marco Island, FL
$52,080
$25.04 an hour
121,210 jobs
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
$51,200
$24.62 an hour
1390 jobs
Port St. Lucie, FL
$50,890
$24.47 an hour
1430 jobs
Homosassa Springs, FL
$48,700
$23.41 an hour
1590 jobs
Ocala, FL
$45,480
$21.87 an hour
16160 jobs
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
$43,740
$21.03 an hour
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How Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach compares
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Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do legal secretaries and administrative assistants make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach?
The average is $58,670 a year, and the median is $49,620. About 4,210 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Florida average?
That is $3,250 (6%) more than the Florida average of $55,420.
Is this job common in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach?
It makes up 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.49 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: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 33100). 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.