How much do Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $27,090 and the 90th percentile is $44,940. The difference is $17,850, which is 50.2% 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 $27,620 to the 75th at $39,340, covers $11,720.

The mean annual wage is $34,600, which sits below the median of $35,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 36% lower than the national median of $55,570 for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants.

It is 14.7% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $31,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $26,000 and employment of 30. That median is 26.9% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 60. That median is 38.6% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 77 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 100. That median is 38.6% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants accounts for 0.32% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (2,230 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (156,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.21 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.