The annual salary statistics of judicial law clerks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of judicial law clerks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $47,270 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $67,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $87,410 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judicial law clerks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $87,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,270.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judicial law clerks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $57,420 | 10.80% | 17.68% |
| 2016 | $51,220 | 1.95% | - |
| 2015 | $50,220 | 3.17% | - |
| 2014 | $48,630 | -10.08% | - |
| 2013 | $53,530 | 11.69% | - |
| 2012 | $47,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,420 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for judicial law clerks in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of judicial law clerks in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 16.1 percent (16.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 32.7 percent (32.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Tacoma | |
| Olympia | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | |
| Spokane | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro |