The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of judicial law clerks in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $38,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,640 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $67,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $67,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,700.
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 | $51,670 | 7.61% | 17.07% |
| 2021 | $47,740 | 1.80% | - |
| 2020 | $46,880 | 7.94% | - |
| 2019 | $43,160 | 0.83% | - |
| 2018 | $42,800 | 1.50% | - |
| 2017 | $42,160 | -10.20% | - |
| 2016 | $46,460 | -0.34% | - |
| 2015 | $46,620 | 4.14% | - |
| 2014 | $44,690 | 2.37% | - |
| 2013 | $43,630 | 1.79% | - |
| 2012 | $42,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,670 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for judicial law clerks in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of judicial law clerks in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 3.5 percent (3.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area and 33.2 percent (33.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.