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Highest-paying States for Judicial Law Clerks

The highest-paying states for judicial law clerks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of judicial law clerks in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $139,660, New York is the highest paying state for judicial law clerks. It is followed by Illinois (average annual salary $93,750). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of judicial law clerks in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Judicial Law Clerks (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York	$139,660	$43,520	910
2	Illinois	$93,750	$52,420	280
3	Connecticut	$88,320	$55,060	290
4	North Dakota	$85,900	$68,850	30
5	Iowa	$73,670	$57,880	50
6	Washington	$71,280	$51,180	520
7	Tennessee	$70,550	$35,460	490
8	Nevada	$70,300	$51,780	190
9	Arkansas	$66,050	$39,410	70
10	California	$63,090	$46,100	2,380
11	Maryland	$60,370	$45,810	100
12	Colorado	$59,200	$49,570	140
13	Idaho	$59,040	$43,720	90
14	Minnesota	$58,970	$49,330	440
15	Maine	$57,820	$57,820	30
16	Michigan	$56,570	$40,950	290
17	Virginia	$56,430	$46,100	70
18	Nebraska	$56,090	$41,440	70
19	Louisiana	$55,710	$30,910	80
20	Delaware	$55,710	$39,620	100
21	Wisconsin	$52,820	$46,820	240
22	New Jersey	$52,550	$51,420	550
23	Alaska	$51,940	$50,420	70
24	Texas	$50,890	$42,000	190
25	Pennsylvania	$49,880	$35,140	960
26	Missouri	$48,540	$29,340	140
27	Ohio	$47,580	$31,400	240
28	Hawaii	$45,250	$37,270	370
29	Florida	$45,180	$35,260	660
30	West Virginia	$44,370	$44,370	240
31	Georgia	$42,960	$33,660	890
32	Indiana	$41,540	$33,430	70
33	South Carolina	$41,150	$31,720	260
34	Mississippi	$40,750	$24,940	60
35	Arizona	$40,690	$33,030	410
36	Montana	$40,620	$37,270	40
37	Utah	$39,640	$35,440	480
38	Kentucky	$35,360	$32,280	60
39	Oregon	$35,300	$32,590	100
40	Kansas	$33,940	$21,970	30
41	Oklahoma	$33,560	$25,000	60
42	Alabama	$33,410	$15,860	30

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of judicial law clerks in those states is not available at this time.