Court, Municipal, and License Clerk Salary Information in Texas

The average annual salaries for court, municipal, and license clerks in the state of Texas are shown in Table 1. The comparison of the salary statistics of court, municipal, and license clerks among Texas areas is shown in Table 2. The salary statistics are based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1 & 2. Annual Salary of Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Texas (2022 Survey)

Percentile bracketAverage annual salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,990
25th Percentile Wage
$36,000
50th Percentile Wage
$39,150
75th Percentile Wage
$46,310
90th Percentile Wage
$50,320

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court, municipal, and license clerks in Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $29,990.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court, municipal, and license clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$39,150
3.75% 24.78%
2021
$37,680
0.29% -
2020
$37,570
2.82% -
2019
$36,510
0.55% -
2018
$36,310
4.13% -
2017
$34,810
2.50% -
2016
$33,940
3.45% -
2015
$32,770
6.38% -
2014
$30,680
2.38% -
2013
$29,950
1.67% -
2012
$29,450
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Table 3. Median Annual Salary of Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Texas Cities (2022 Survey)

Table 3 shows the median annual salary of court, municipal, and license clerks in some Texas cities and metropolitan areas. We note that the median annual salary of court, municipal, and license clerks in state of Texas ranges from $32,730 to $43,040. The highest paying area for court, municipal, and license clerks in Texas is Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with a median annual salary of $43,040. The second highest paying city/area in Texas State is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (mean annual salary $43,040). The lowest paying area is Texarkana-Texarkana with a median annual salary of $32,730.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$43,040
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$43,040
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$42,330
Waco
$42,030
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$39,910
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$39,550
Sherman-Denison
$39,290
College Station-Bryan
$38,630
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$38,090
Midland
$37,390
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$37,280
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,920
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,860
Fort Worth-Arlington
$36,820
Abilene
$36,640
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,590
Brownsville-Harlingen
$36,540
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,510
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,300
El Paso
$36,300
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,300
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$36,300
Amarillo
$36,300
Wichita Falls
$36,280
Victoria
$35,980
Odessa
$35,810
Corpus Christi
$35,470
Laredo
$35,390
Longview
$34,840
Lubbock
$34,480
Tyler
$34,230
San Angelo
$34,050
Texarkana-Texarkana
$32,730