The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of judicial law clerks in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre 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 | $37,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $56,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $79,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $79,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,070.
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 | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $52,390 | 10.92% | 30.06% |
| 2021 | $46,670 | -0.64% | - |
| 2020 | $46,970 | 19.50% | - |
| 2019 | $37,810 | 3.09% | - |
| 2018 | $36,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $52,390, Scranton--Wilkes-Barre is the second highest paying city for judicial law clerks in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $53,520). Compared with Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of judicial law clerks in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre is 2.1 percent (2.1%) lower.