Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Judicial Law Clerks
Judicial Law Clerks assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Judicial Law Clerks with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $34,220 to $43,400 per year or $16 to $21 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Judicial Law Clerks to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $51 | $105,620 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $37 | $76,140 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $28 | $57,510 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $21 | $43,400 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $16 | $34,220 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
NY | $61 | $127,580 |
CT | $37 | $77,800 |
IL | $35 | $73,760 |
ND | $35 | $73,630 |
IA | $35 | $73,140 |
WA | $34 | $71,320 |
NV | $34 | $71,010 |
CA | $33 | $68,730 |
AR | $31 | $64,310 |
OH | $29 | $59,960 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Judicial Law Clerk is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Judicial Law Clerks are in the states of NY, CT, IL, ND and IA.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
State Government | $74310 | $35.72 |
Local Government | $53270 | $25.61 |