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Average Legal Secretaries And Administrative Assistants Salary in Hawaii

Legal Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Hawaii earn a median annual salary of $57,030, which is +5.3% compared to the national median. There are 520 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Hawaii (state).

$57,030
Hawaii median annual wage
$27/hour median
+5.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $54,140
520
Local employment
0.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.83
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,020
25th
$47,530
Median
$57,030
75th
$63,920
90th
$77,190

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Hawaii, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
110.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$51,869
Goods: 111.6%
Services: 190.2%
Rents: 125.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$101,170Compare2,040
New York$74,400Compare15,430
Delaware$63,740Compare970
Maryland$63,110Compare1,410
Rhode Island$61,970CompareN/A
Massachusetts$61,440Compare3,880

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Hawaii

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$231,5000.67
Family Medicine Physicians$222,790N/A
Pediatricians, General$208,6202.34
Psychiatrists$203,4401.18
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$203,2901.16
Physician Assistants$163,0200.70
Computer Hardware Engineers$155,3900.47
Pharmacists$150,7100.99

Hawaii has salary data for 554 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Legal Secretaries And Administrative Assistants in Hawaii

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Legal Secretaries And Administrative Assistants are projected to change by -5.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 19,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.