The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of judicial law clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $74,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,080 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $102,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $74,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judicial law clerks from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $80,400 | 10.56% | 9.30% |
| 2020 | $71,910 | -1.74% | - |
| 2019 | $73,160 | 0.74% | - |
| 2018 | $72,620 | -0.58% | - |
| 2017 | $73,040 | 0.16% | - |
| 2016 | $72,920 | 1.10% | - |
| 2015 | $72,120 | 0.12% | - |
| 2014 | $72,030 | -4.90% | - |
| 2013 | $75,560 | 3.49% | - |
| 2012 | $72,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $80,400, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for judicial law clerks in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $91,500). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of judicial law clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 12.1 percent (12.1%) lower.