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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved titles
1
RAPIDS codes
Shortest term
2,000 h
minimum on the list
National median pay
$55,570
a year, BLS May 2025
Jobs nationally
156,280
BLS May 2025
Approved apprenticeship titles
- Training approaches
- competency-based, hybrid, time-based
- Shortest approved term
- 2,000 hours, LEGAL SECRETARY (competency-based)
- State medians
- $99,280 in District of Columbia to $31,000 in Puerto Rico (52 states publish one)
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| LEGAL SECRETARY | 0800 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours Time-Based: 2,000 hours |
What legal secretaries and administrative assistants earn, by state
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $99,280 | $47.73 | 1,940 |
| New York | $72,230 | $34.73 | 9,800 |
| Connecticut | $66,220 | $31.84 | 1,090 |
| Delaware | $66,130 | $31.79 | 980 |
| Minnesota | $63,180 | $30.38 | 2,410 |
| New Jersey | $63,080 | $30.33 | 4,160 |
| Rhode Island | $63,020 | $30.30 | 390 |
| California | $62,860 | $30.22 | 27,470 |
| Massachusetts | $62,120 | $29.87 | 4,020 |
| Maryland | $61,440 | $29.54 | 1,670 |
| Alaska | $61,280 | $29.46 | 660 |
| Oregon | $59,610 | $28.66 | 1,590 |
| Colorado | $59,490 | $28.60 | 2,030 |
| Washington | $58,360 | $28.06 | 3,950 |
| New Mexico | $57,800 | $27.79 | 1,400 |
| Michigan | $56,870 | $27.34 | 3,580 |
| Nevada | $56,470 | $27.15 | 1,430 |
| Wisconsin | $55,410 | $26.64 | 1,210 |
| Virginia | $55,320 | $26.60 | 2,380 |
| Arizona | $55,120 | $26.50 | 2,600 |
| North Dakota | $53,540 | $25.74 | 360 |
| Utah | $52,860 | $25.42 | 940 |
| South Carolina | $52,840 | $25.41 | 2,280 |
| Illinois | $52,790 | $25.38 | 8,030 |
| New Hampshire | $51,830 | $24.92 | 300 |
| Pennsylvania | $51,430 | $24.73 | 6,230 |
| Ohio | $51,080 | $24.56 | 4,360 |
| Hawaii | $49,460 | $23.78 | 680 |
| Vermont | $49,090 | $23.60 | Not published |
| Florida | $48,510 | $23.32 | 10,920 |
| Georgia | $48,460 | $23.30 | 3,260 |
| Louisiana | $48,050 | $23.10 | 2,460 |
| Maine | $48,040 | $23.10 | 860 |
| South Dakota | $47,790 | $22.98 | 560 |
| Indiana | $47,740 | $22.95 | 2,670 |
| West Virginia | $46,960 | $22.58 | 1,200 |
| Wyoming | $46,960 | $22.58 | 280 |
| Iowa | $46,590 | $22.40 | 1,120 |
| Guam | $46,430 | $22.32 | 50 |
| Alabama | $45,950 | $22.09 | 1,840 |
| Oklahoma | $45,950 | $22.09 | 1,290 |
| Texas | $45,940 | $22.09 | 13,380 |
| Nebraska | $45,800 | $22.02 | 1,310 |
| Tennessee | $45,340 | $21.80 | 2,980 |
| Mississippi | $45,140 | $21.70 | 820 |
| North Carolina | $43,720 | $21.02 | 3,780 |
| Idaho | $41,880 | $20.14 | 420 |
| Arkansas | $41,410 | $19.91 | 610 |
| Kentucky | $39,300 | $18.89 | 2,810 |
| Missouri | $38,560 | $18.54 | 3,310 |
| Kansas | $36,620 | $17.61 | 1,600 |
| Puerto Rico | $31,000 | $14.91 | 2,530 |
Finding a program
How to find a sponsor that trains this title · Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
- Approved titles and terms: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list, Last-Modified October 8, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS, May 2025, all industries, read October 8, 2026.