The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $59,450, Washington is the highest paying state for court, municipal, and license clerks. It is followed by California (average annual salary $55,910). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $59,450 |
$42,410 | 2,990 |
| 2 | California | $55,910 |
$40,650 | 12,620 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $53,370 |
$44,850 | 1,270 |
| 4 | New York | $51,480 |
$37,610 | 10,060 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | $51,290 |
$43,740 | 780 |
| 6 | Oregon | $50,520 |
$40,250 | 1,140 |
| 7 | Hawaii | $50,200 |
$40,100 | 510 |
| 8 | Minnesota | $49,920 |
$39,420 | 6,390 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | $49,870 |
$37,550 | 2,190 |
| 10 | Maryland | $49,300 |
$38,670 | 2,490 |
| 11 | New Jersey | $49,110 |
$38,370 | 6,190 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | $48,810 |
$33,240 | 1,070 |
| 13 | Colorado | $48,080 |
$34,740 | 6,050 |
| 14 | North Dakota | $47,900 |
$36,570 | 540 |
| 15 | Nebraska | $47,160 |
$30,260 | 1,010 |
| 16 | Nevada | $47,010 |
$35,190 | 1,390 |
| 17 | Vermont | $46,880 |
$35,340 | 910 |
| 18 | Illinois | $46,470 |
$30,300 | 5,260 |
| 19 | Alaska | $45,570 |
$33,280 | 520 |
| 20 | Iowa | $45,180 |
$32,900 | 1,880 |
| 21 | Michigan | $44,620 |
$29,260 | 6,280 |
| 22 | Maine | $42,580 |
$35,930 | 1,150 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | $41,670 |
$29,330 | 1,960 |
| 24 | New Hampshire | $41,070 |
$30,900 | 500 |
| 25 | Arizona | $40,010 |
$32,310 | 2,660 |
| 26 | New Mexico | $39,310 |
$33,430 | 770 |
| 27 | Ohio | $39,290 |
$29,110 | 9,860 |
| 28 | Texas | $39,150 |
$29,990 | 15,090 |
| 29 | North Carolina | $39,150 |
$30,830 | 4,030 |
| 30 | Idaho | $38,890 |
$30,780 | 1,250 |
| 31 | Utah | $38,740 |
$30,660 | 1,240 |
| 32 | Wyoming | $38,740 |
$31,200 | 620 |
| 33 | South Carolina | $38,540 |
$29,600 | 1,620 |
| 34 | Indiana | $38,410 |
$28,550 | 2,140 |
| 35 | Virginia | $38,150 |
$29,280 | 2,740 |
| 36 | Florida | $37,930 |
$31,780 | 10,800 |
| 37 | Montana | $37,820 |
$29,150 | 1,160 |
| 38 | Tennessee | $37,780 |
$27,920 | 2,490 |
| 39 | Kansas | $37,670 |
$30,790 | 1,250 |
| 40 | South Dakota | $37,410 |
$29,530 | 780 |
| 41 | Delaware | $37,330 |
$30,270 | 920 |
| 42 | Louisiana | $36,970 |
$25,230 | 2,570 |
| 43 | Georgia | $36,880 |
$28,730 | 4,430 |
| 44 | West Virginia | $36,710 |
$27,830 | 1,070 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $36,470 |
$23,190 | 3,030 |
| 46 | Alabama | $35,440 |
$24,440 | 2,090 |
| 47 | Missouri | $35,120 |
$28,810 | 4,440 |
| 48 | Kentucky | $34,100 |
$28,290 | 2,760 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $32,410 |
$25,010 | 1,940 |
| 50 | Mississippi | $31,880 |
$24,150 | 2,830 |
| 51 | Guam | $29,690 |
$23,340 | 140 |