Pay distribution $62,800 10th $67,130 25th $80,720 75th $83,300 90th
Half of Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in the Seattle metro area earn more than $77,860 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $67,130 and $80,720.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $62,800 $67,130 $77,860 $80,720 $83,300 Hourly $30.19 $32.27 $37.43 $38.81 $40.05
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$77,860 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $67,130 to $80,720
$64,680 median for Washington; middle half earns $58,200 to $75,960
$48,700 median for United States; middle half earns $40,810 to $60,840
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +20% vs Washington overall and +60% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $31,060 $48,537 $66,013 $83,490 Altoona, PA — $31,060 Hot Springs, AR — $32,670 Gadsden, AL — $34,620 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,300 Dalton, GA — $35,400 Huntsville, AL — $35,510 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,310 Longview, TX — $36,550 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $36,570 Valdosta, GA — $36,580 Laredo, TX — $36,670 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,680 Dothan, AL — $36,830 Lawton, OK — $37,000 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $37,060 Wichita Falls, TX — $37,110 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,140 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,170 Texarkana, TX-AR — $37,250 Decatur, IL — $37,280 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,330 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,360 Beckley, WV — $37,400 Spartanburg, SC — $37,440 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $37,790 Charleston, WV — $37,810 Johnstown, PA — $38,150 San Angelo, TX — $38,180 Florence, SC — $38,240 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,290 Montgomery, AL — $38,350 Great Falls, MT — $38,480 Oklahoma City, OK — $38,480 Rome, GA — $38,520 Morgantown, WV — $38,640 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,640 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $38,640 Tulsa, OK — $38,650 Alexandria, LA — $38,690 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,700 Sumter, SC — $38,780 Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,940 Jackson, MS — $38,950 York-Hanover, PA — $39,030 Ocala, FL — $39,210 Knoxville, TN — $39,240 Decatur, AL — $39,360 Johnson City, TN — $39,380 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,400 Morristown, TN — $39,490 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $39,770 Akron, OH — $40,060 Paducah, KY-IL — $40,150 Springfield, MO — $40,210 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $40,280 Hattiesburg, MS — $40,310 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $40,510 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $40,530 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $40,830 Wheeling, WV-OH — $40,880 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $41,020 Columbia, MO — $41,020 Jefferson City, MO — $41,020 Joplin, MO-KS — $41,020 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $41,020 Tuscaloosa, AL — $41,260 Manhattan, KS — $41,540 Wichita, KS — $41,540 Idaho Falls, ID — $41,720 Kansas City, MO-KS — $41,830 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $41,830 Pittsburgh, PA — $42,020 Warner Robins, GA — $42,210 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $42,240 Albany, GA — $42,280 Birmingham, AL — $42,300 El Paso, TX — $42,300 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $42,350 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,350 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $42,520 Muncie, IN — $42,530 Charlottesville, VA — $42,650 Richmond, VA — $42,650 Erie, PA — $42,760 Hinesville, GA — $42,910 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,040 Lynchburg, VA — $43,040 Roanoke, VA — $43,040 Winchester, VA-WV — $43,040 Pueblo, CO — $43,070 Bowling Green, KY — $43,080 Eagle Pass, TX — $43,220 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $43,490 St. Louis, MO-IL — $43,670 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $43,710 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,740 Gainesville, GA — $43,790 Rapid City, SD — $43,850 Punta Gorda, FL — $44,040 Sebring, FL — $44,060 Lancaster, PA — $44,100 Reading, PA — $44,100 Owensboro, KY — $44,150 Lafayette, LA — $44,300 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,320 Abilene, TX — $44,400 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $44,400 Killeen-Temple, TX — $44,510 Evansville, IN — $44,530 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $44,590 Dover, DE — $44,600 Kankakee, IL — $44,600 Billings, MT — $44,610 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $44,700 Tallahassee, FL — $44,750 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,870 Waco, TX — $44,930 Cheyenne, WY — $45,070 Jacksonville, FL — $45,150 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,200 Utica-Rome, NY — $45,220 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,230 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $45,360 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,410 Las Cruces, NM — $45,470 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,500 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,510 Victoria, TX — $45,600 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,620 Lubbock, TX — $45,660 Amarillo, TX — $45,700 Bangor, ME — $45,770 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $45,810 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $45,810 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,820 Enid, OK — $45,830 Mansfield, OH — $46,010 Yuma, AZ — $46,050 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,070 Pocatello, ID — $46,080 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $46,120 Sandusky, OH — $46,160 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,170 College Station-Bryan, TX — $46,220 Rockford, IL — $46,260 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $46,280 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,310 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $46,450 Gainesville, FL — $46,470 Fayetteville, NC — $46,490 Hammond, LA — $46,590 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,630 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,640 Lake Charles, LA — $46,660 Bozeman, MT — $46,670 Midland, TX — $46,690 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $46,690 Terre Haute, IN — $46,690 Albuquerque, NM — $46,740 Monroe, LA — $46,750 Lawrence, KS — $46,760 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,770 Tyler, TX — $46,800 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,810 Binghamton, NY — $46,910 Port St. Lucie, FL — $46,940 Elmira, NY — $46,980 Mobile, AL — $46,980 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,990 Topeka, KS — $46,990 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $47,010 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,030 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,080 Fond du Lac, WI — $47,140 Jonesboro, AR — $47,140 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,150 Bloomington, IL — $47,190 Rocky Mount, NC — $47,270 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,350 Farmington, NM — $47,360 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $47,460 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $47,480 Baton Rouge, LA — $47,490 Jackson, MI — $47,490 Lima, OH — $47,500 Peoria, IL — $47,530 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,560 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,640 Missoula, MT — $47,700 Santa Fe, NM — $47,720 Springfield, OH — $47,740 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,760 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,830 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,860 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,890 Saginaw, MI — $47,900 Syracuse, NY — $47,910 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,930 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,980 Helena, MT — $48,010 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $48,010 Savannah, GA — $48,040 Bloomington, IN — $48,090 Ann Arbor, MI — $48,120 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,140 Greenville, NC — $48,140 Twin Falls, ID — $48,150 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $48,180 Jacksonville, NC — $48,180 Columbia, SC — $48,220 Jackson, TN — $48,250 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $48,390 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,400 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,430 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $48,450 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,490 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,550 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,560 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,560 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $48,570 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,600 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,700 Sherman-Denison, TX — $48,740 Bay City, MI — $48,810 Toledo, OH — $48,830 Niles, MI — $48,840 St. George, UT — $48,900 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,930 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,940 Ogden, UT — $48,950 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $48,960 Greeley, CO — $49,020 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,030 Fargo, ND-MN — $49,090 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,110 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,170 Columbus, OH — $49,240 Traverse City, MI — $49,280 Chico, CA — $49,290 Boise City, ID — $49,300 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $49,300 Glens Falls, NY — $49,410 Springfield, IL — $49,430 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,550 Lewiston, ID-WA — $49,730 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $49,800 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $49,910 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,920 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,920 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,960 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,970 Cleveland, OH — $50,060 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,060 Goldsboro, NC — $50,120 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $50,150 Tucson, AZ — $50,500 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $50,520 Sheboygan, WI — $50,520 Kingston, NY — $50,820 Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,880 Burlington, NC — $50,960 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $50,960 Bismarck, ND — $51,090 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $51,110 Wilmington, NC — $51,140 Visalia, CA — $51,150 Monroe, MI — $51,400 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,490 Flint, MI — $51,550 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $51,700 Battle Creek, MI — $51,770 Green Bay, WI — $51,810 Colorado Springs, CO — $51,920 Kenosha, WI — $52,130 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $53,210 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $53,320 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $53,350 Anchorage, AK — $53,540 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $53,880 Lincoln, NE — $53,950 Appleton, WI — $54,120 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $54,310 Logan, UT-ID — $54,360 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $54,360 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,440 Cedar Rapids, IA — $54,710 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $55,220 Reno, NV — $55,440 Rochester, MN — $55,450 Omaha, NE-IA — $55,590 Minot, ND — $55,780 Duluth, MN-WI — $56,220 Dubuque, IA — $56,290 Lexington Park, MD — $56,360 St. Cloud, MN — $56,410 Grand Island, NE — $56,450 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $56,480 Rochester, NY — $56,680 Ithaca, NY — $56,740 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $56,920 Mankato, MN — $56,940 Pittsfield, MA — $57,080 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $57,180 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $57,260 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,300 Iowa City, IA — $57,320 Merced, CA — $57,450 Vineland, NJ — $57,470 Salisbury, MD — $57,480 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,790 Ames, IA — $57,800 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,290 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $58,370 Grand Junction, CO — $58,540 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $58,670 Asheville, NC — $58,730 Fairbanks-College, AK — $58,780 Medford, OR — $58,790 Redding, CA — $59,250 Worcester, MA — $59,260 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,310 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,320 Albany, OR — $59,370 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,920 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $59,930 Yuba City, CA — $60,010 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $60,480 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $60,510 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,570 New Haven, CT — $60,650 Fresno, CA — $60,850 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $60,990 Springfield, MA — $61,080 Yakima, WA — $61,290 El Centro, CA — $61,330 Boulder, CO — $61,370 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $61,680 Bend, OR — $61,690 Bellingham, WA — $61,890 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $62,070 Walla Walla, WA — $62,170 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,350 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $62,380 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,730 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $62,730 Salem, OR — $62,830 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,850 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,120 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $63,160 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $63,240 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $63,240 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $63,240 Vallejo, CA — $63,240 Barnstable Town, MA — $63,250 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,270 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $63,600 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $63,720 Salinas, CA — $63,830 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,550 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $64,610 Modesto, CA — $65,640 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $73,760 Madison, WI — $75,990 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,750 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $77,860 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $83,490 Seattle metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Seattle metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 366 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for court, municipal, and license clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$77,860 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $67,130 to $80,720
$73,760 median for Wenatchee metro area; middle half earns $65,120 to $75,750
$63,600 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $62,560 to $74,480
$63,270 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $50,720 to $70,960
$62,730 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $53,150 to $68,820
$62,170 median for Walla Walla metro area; middle half earns $51,910 to $66,930
$61,890 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $50,750 to $64,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Office Clerks, General $53,290 Customer Service Representatives $53,550 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $81,640 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,460 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $60,230 Receptionists and Information Clerks $45,820 Highest-paying metro areas for court, municipal, and license clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .