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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

43-4031 Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Perform clerical duties for courts of law, municipalities, or governmental licensing agencies and bureaus. May prepare docket of cases to be called; secure information for judges and court; prepare draft agendas or bylaws for town or city council; answer official correspondence; keep fiscal records and accounts; issue licenses or permits; and record data, administer tests, or collect fees. Clerks of Court are classified in "Managers, All Other" (11-9199).


National estimates for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Industry profile for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Geographic profile for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

National estimates for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
156,100 0.9 % $ 20.91 $ 43,490 0.6 %

Percentile wage estimates for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 13.10 $ 16.07 $ 19.68 $ 24.40 $ 30.28
Annual Wage (2) $ 27,240 $ 33,420 $ 40,930 $ 50,750 $ 62,970


Industry profile for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 111,250 2.06 $ 20.34 $ 42,310
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 42,000 1.91 $ 22.71 $ 47,240
Other Support Services 1,890 0.63 $ 14.72 $ 30,620
Automobile Dealers 120 0.01 $ 16.67 $ 34,680
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 90 0.02 $ 20.73 $ 43,120

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 111,250 2.06 $ 20.34 $ 42,310
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 42,000 1.91 $ 22.71 $ 47,240
Other Support Services 1,890 0.63 $ 14.72 $ 30,620
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 60 0.02 (8) (8)
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 90 0.02 $ 20.73 $ 43,120

Top paying industries for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 42,000 1.91 $ 22.71 $ 47,240
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 90 0.02 $ 20.73 $ 43,120
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 111,250 2.06 $ 20.34 $ 42,310
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (8) (8) $ 19.03 $ 39,590
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (8) (8) $ 18.10 $ 37,640


Geographic profile for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Texas 14,390 1.19 1.06 $ 18.95 $ 39,430
California 12,180 0.74 0.66 $ 25.11 $ 52,220
Ohio 10,190 1.98 1.77 $ 19.03 $ 39,580
Florida 9,110 1.08 0.96 $ 20.00 $ 41,590
New York 7,720 0.89 0.79 $ 28.79 $ 59,880




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Minnesota 7,660 2.83 2.52 $ 23.01 $ 47,860
Vermont 710 2.53 2.25 $ 21.88 $ 45,520
Wyoming 650 2.47 2.20 $ 19.39 $ 40,330
Delaware 880 2.07 1.84 $ 18.03 $ 37,500
Missouri 5,540 2.06 1.84 $ 19.69 $ 40,950




Top paying states for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York 7,720 0.89 0.79 $ 28.79 $ 59,880
Washington 2,960 0.93 0.83 $ 26.18 $ 54,440
Connecticut 1,270 0.82 0.73 $ 25.84 $ 53,760
Alaska 580 1.97 1.76 $ 25.49 $ 53,030
Rhode Island 750 1.69 1.51 $ 25.47 $ 52,980





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 9,040 1.02 0.91 $ 29.32 $ 60,980
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,430 2.40 2.14 $ 23.23 $ 48,320
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 3,560 1.20 1.07 $ 19.29 $ 40,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 3,420 0.59 0.52 $ 25.13 $ 52,270
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 3,330 1.33 1.18 $ 21.53 $ 44,780
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 2,960 0.68 0.61 $ 22.89 $ 47,610
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,690 0.75 0.67 $ 20.08 $ 41,770
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 2,350 1.32 1.18 $ 20.41 $ 42,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 2,150 0.82 0.73 $ 18.65 $ 38,790
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 2,100 1.44 1.29 $ 22.41 $ 46,600




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Jefferson City, MO 440 6.03 5.38 (8) (8)
Dover, DE 290 4.80 4.28 $ 17.77 $ 36,960
Duluth, MN-WI 470 3.95 3.52 $ 23.01 $ 47,860
Trenton, NJ 870 3.76 3.35 $ 23.36 $ 48,580
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 190 3.56 3.18 $ 17.93 $ 37,300
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 120 3.50 3.12 $ 18.86 $ 39,230
Hinesville, GA 60 3.40 3.03 $ 17.65 $ 36,720
Pueblo, CO 200 3.39 3.02 $ 18.60 $ 38,690
Grand Junction, CO 200 3.38 3.01 $ 18.38 $ 38,230
Ocean City, NJ 110 3.30 2.94 $ 25.35 $ 52,730




Top paying metropolitan areas for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 1,520 0.65 0.58 $ 33.03 $ 68,710
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 260 0.70 0.62 $ 29.74 $ 61,870
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 9,040 1.02 0.91 $ 29.32 $ 60,980
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,240 0.63 0.56 $ 28.82 $ 59,940
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (8) (8) (8) $ 28.59 $ 59,470
Leominster-Gardner, MA 100 1.98 1.76 $ 27.41 $ 57,010
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 120 1.34 1.19 $ 27.05 $ 56,260
Bellingham, WA 70 0.91 0.81 $ 26.82 $ 55,780
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 400 0.36 0.33 $ 26.69 $ 55,520
Olympia-Tumwater, WA 150 1.35 1.21 $ 26.36 $ 54,830

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) 960 3.07 2.74 $ 17.13 $ 35,630
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 880 4.87 4.34 $ 22.72 $ 47,250
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 640 2.70 2.40 $ 18.82 $ 39,150
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 610 2.47 2.20 $ 21.91 $ 45,570
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 600 2.25 2.00 $ 16.90 $ 35,160

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area 420 6.36 5.67 $ 18.71 $ 38,910
Arizona nonmetropolitan area 570 6.31 5.62 $ 20.21 $ 42,050
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 240 6.16 5.49 $ 21.59 $ 44,910
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 490 5.22 4.65 $ 21.08 $ 43,850
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area 530 5.04 4.49 $ 18.58 $ 38,640

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska nonmetropolitan area 290 2.91 2.60 $ 27.90 $ 58,030
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area 180 1.92 1.71 $ 24.33 $ 50,600
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 310 2.67 2.38 $ 24.06 $ 50,050
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) $ 23.89 $ 49,680
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area 160 2.87 2.56 $ 23.83 $ 49,560


About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021