The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of judicial law clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $68,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $91,500 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $92,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $95,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $95,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $91,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $68,380.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judicial law clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $91,500 | 20.87% | 33.60% |
| 2020 | $72,400 | 16.08% | - |
| 2014 | $60,760 | 1.79% | - |
| 2013 | $59,670 | -1.83% | - |
| 2012 | $60,760 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $91,500, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for judicial law clerks in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $80,400). In comparison, the median annual salary of judicial law clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 12.1 percent (12.1%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.