Court, Municipal, and License Clerk Salary in Modesto, California

The annual salary statistics of court, municipal, and license clerks in Modesto, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of court, municipal, and license clerks in Modesto is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Modesto, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$42,540
25th Percentile Wage
$48,250
50th Percentile Wage
$55,910
75th Percentile Wage
$57,900
90th Percentile Wage
$58,300

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court, municipal, and license clerks in Modesto, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,540.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court, municipal, and license clerks from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$55,910
15.26% 20.87%
2021
$47,380
5.66% -
2020
$44,700
1.03% -
2019
$44,240
- -

Table 2. Compare Court, Municipal, and License Clerk Salary in Modesto with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,910 in Modesto is in the middle of salary range for court, municipal, and license clerks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of court, municipal, and license clerks in Modesto is 21.0 percent (21.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 28.8 percent (28.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$70,780
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$63,740
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$62,520
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$58,910
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$58,300
Salinas
$56,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$56,400
Fresno
$55,910
Modesto
$55,910
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$55,910
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$54,770
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$53,650
Visalia-Porterville
$51,990
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$51,670
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$51,400
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$51,140
Vallejo-Fairfield
$51,050
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$50,920
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$50,800
Bakersfield-Delano
$50,470
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$49,670
Stockton
$49,300
Yuba City
$49,230
Merced
$47,850
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$47,610
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$47,480
El Centro
$46,900
Madera-Chowchilla
$45,720
Chico
$45,260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$45,250
Redding
$45,080
Hanford-Corcoran
$44,870
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$44,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$43,140
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$43,130
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$43,120
Napa
$41,650
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$39,810

See also: Top paying jobs in Modesto, California.