The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of judicial law clerks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $32,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $75,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,540.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judicial law clerks from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $46,000 | -0.13% | 0.78% |
| 2017 | $46,060 | -15.18% | - |
| 2016 | $53,050 | 0.08% | - |
| 2015 | $53,010 | 3.83% | - |
| 2014 | $50,980 | 10.02% | - |
| 2013 | $45,870 | 0.50% | - |
| 2012 | $45,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,000 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for judicial law clerks in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of judicial law clerks in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 23.7 percent (23.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Worth-Arlington and 21.9 percent (21.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| 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 |