The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of judicial law clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $42,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,570 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,810 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,000.
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 | $59,570 | -3.91% | 27.04% |
| 2021 | $61,900 | 7.69% | - |
| 2020 | $57,140 | 2.64% | - |
| 2019 | $55,630 | -0.34% | - |
| 2018 | $55,820 | -1.00% | - |
| 2017 | $56,380 | 11.00% | - |
| 2016 | $50,180 | 14.29% | - |
| 2015 | $43,010 | 0.19% | - |
| 2014 | $42,930 | 0.63% | - |
| 2013 | $42,660 | -1.88% | - |
| 2012 | $43,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $59,570, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for judicial law clerks in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Fort Worth-Arlington (median annual salary of $60,320). Compared with Fort Worth-Arlington, the median annual salary of judicial law clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 1.2 percent (1.2%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |