Legal secretary

#28Declining

5/5

Key facts

−2.9%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −2.9% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Legal secretaries (ISCO 3342). Legal secretaries apply specialized knowledge of legal terminology and procedures in providing support to legal professionals with communication, documentation and internal managerial coordination activities, in law offices, legal departments of large firms and governments.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

18 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

certified legal assistant
certified legal secretary
certified legal secretary specialist
civil registrar
civil registration officer
civil status officer
collection legal assistant
legal administrative assistant
legal administrative secretary
legal assistant
legal executive secretary
legal secretary
litigation legal assistant
litigation secretary
paralegal assistant
registrar of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships
registrar of births, marriage, civil partnership and deaths
senior registrar

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

ChangingParalegal
ChangingHuman resources specialist

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 5/5 · Very high

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)

Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive; Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants; Paralegals and legal assistants (+1))

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $60,648

EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.