Highest-paying Cities for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for court, municipal, and license clerks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of court, municipal, and license clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $70,780, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for court, municipal, and license clerks. It is followed by Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland (average annual salary $69,580). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of court, municipal, and license clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$70,780	$39,850	360
2	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$69,580	$50,610	70
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$63,740	$46,900	2,160
4	Madison, Wisconsin	$63,310	$40,760	170
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$63,110	$51,890	1,130
6	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$62,520	$45,530	150
7	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$61,430	$37,440	100
8	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$60,670	$47,530	50
9	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$60,080	$35,060	3,770
10	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$59,890	$50,770	130
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$59,460	$38,440	10,010
12	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$59,280	$29,940	30
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$58,910	$38,480	190
14	Bellingham, Washington	$58,870	$47,200	80
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$58,300	$42,910	460
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$57,310	$47,330	270
17	Tacoma, Washington	$56,880	$40,050	310
18	Olympia, Washington	$56,850	$48,980	180
19	Salinas, California	$56,540	$44,840	180
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$56,400	$41,580	2,670
21	Peabody, Massachusetts	$56,240	$33,770	40
22	Fresno, California	$55,910	$40,500	360
23	Modesto, California	$55,910	$42,540	90
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$55,910	$40,500	90
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$55,630	$44,260	110
26	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,030	$37,090	910
27	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$54,920	$50,160	110
28	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$54,770	$40,500	1,840
29	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$54,150	$37,210	1,040
30	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$53,650	$40,370	1,070
31	New Haven, Connecticut	$53,540	$43,860	170
32	Ocean City, New Jersey	$53,400	$35,580	90
33	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$53,050	$39,790	230
34	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$52,640	$35,200	130
35	Grand Junction, Colorado	$52,580	$38,790	280
36	Spokane, Washington	$52,150	$36,450	280
37	Visalia-Porterville, California	$51,990	$46,900	170
38	Salem, Oregon	$51,920	$40,670	200
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$51,860	$31,940	3,110
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,710	$39,710	590
41	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$51,670	$38,560	230
42	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$51,610	$40,670	270
43	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$51,480	$40,000	80
44	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,400	$34,410	140
45	Ithaca, New York	$51,390	$36,780	40
46	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$51,340	$41,410	3,800
47	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$51,330	$39,600	340
48	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$51,300	$39,290	120
49	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,250	$41,370	820
50	Longview, Washington	$51,230	$51,230	80
51	Danbury, Connecticut	$51,150	$44,930	50
52	Waterbury, Connecticut	$51,150	$44,790	80
53	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,140	$39,840	520
54	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$51,110	$41,200	130
55	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$51,050	$40,770	260
56	Appleton, Wisconsin	$51,010	$35,520	40
57	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,920	$38,560	90
58	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,900	$44,490	1,280
59	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,800	$31,910	110
60	Medford, Oregon	$50,660	$39,500	30
61	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$50,470	$40,650	320
62	Bend, Oregon	$50,360	$41,200	60
63	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$50,060	$37,020	40
64	Boulder, Colorado	$50,050	$41,480	290
65	Fairbanks, Alaska	$50,040	$41,230	50
66	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$50,020	$37,840	70
67	Rochester, Minnesota	$49,920	$37,200	230
68	Lewiston, Washington	$49,750	$37,110	40
69	Cumberland, West Virginia	$49,730	$29,740	30
70	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,710	$46,000	220
71	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$49,670	$39,730	130
72	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,650	$39,140	2,530
73	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,640	$45,190	510
74	Duluth, Wisconsin	$49,600	$39,200	440
75	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$49,570	$45,670	50
76	Yakima, Washington	$49,440	$30,160	100
77	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,390	$33,280	190
78	Framingham, Massachusetts	$49,360	$22,890	70
79	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,330	$37,270	120
80	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,310	$37,340	360
81	Stockton, California	$49,300	$39,550	200
82	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$49,270	$36,380	160
83	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,270	$36,890	200
84	Yuba City, California	$49,230	$38,560	110
85	Fargo, North Dakota	$49,190	$38,710	130
86	Lincoln, Nebraska	$49,120	$41,290	90
87	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,070	$36,850	1,400
88	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,060	$37,870	1,620
89	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$49,050	$31,310	150
90	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$49,050	$34,100	210
91	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$48,980	$37,420	140
92	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,960	$23,730	30
93	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$48,820	$38,840	200
94	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$48,810	$36,890	40
95	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$48,790	$37,970	170
96	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$48,730	$35,650	200
97	Kingston, New York	$48,710	$35,780	130
98	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$48,690	$29,090	560
99	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,660	$35,840	190
100	Albany, Oregon	$48,640	$35,800	70

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