How much do Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants make in Port St. Lucie, FL?

Percentile spread

For Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $37,860 and the 90th percentile is $71,890. The difference is $34,030, which is 71.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,070 to the 75th at $59,150, covers $17,080.

The mean annual wage is $50,890, which sits above the median of $47,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Port St. Lucie, FL median is 14.9% lower than the national median of $55,570 for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,192, which is 15.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.5% lower than the Florida median of $48,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Port St. Lucie, FL is 100.228, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants at $47,192 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. Port St. Lucie, FL ranks 9th of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL is 34 miles away, with a median of $50,240 and employment of 60. That median is 6.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,105, against $47,192 here.
• Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL is 76 miles away, with a median of $48,330 and employment of 100. That median is 2.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,328, against $47,192 here.
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 78 miles away, with a median of $49,620 and employment of 4,210. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,467, against $47,192 here.

Employment share

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Port St. Lucie, FL (90 of 170,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (156,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.