Of the many thousands of legal secretaries in South Africa, we have received approximately 350 responses to our Legal Secretary Salary Survey 2015. Please help the profession and take the 10 click survey, this is our last week before we close the submissions and start finalising the reports.
To illustrate how important it is that every paralegal takes part in this salary survey, here are two online resources that illustrate the average salary of this diverse job category:
Payscale
http://www.payscale.com/research/ZA/Job=Legal_Secretary/Salary
The average pay for a Legal Secretary is R115352 per year. (R9613 per month)
Salary
R51881 – R242749
Bonus
R0.00 – R19762
Profit Sharing
R1944 – R32556
Total Pay
R52814 – R248898
My Wage
http://www.mywage.co.za/main/salary/Paycheck?job-id=3342010000000
Gross monthly salary for : Legal secretaries, 10 Years of work since first job.
Average – R10379 per month
Range – R9345 to R12324.
So you can see why a proper survey is needed for the diverse world of the paralegal profession. Let’s make this survey one we can all rely to get realistic estimations on the profession, job description and geographical areas.
