Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in California earn a median of $63,320 a year (30% above the U.S. median of $48,700), based on about 12,460 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within California. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$63,320

30% above the U.S. median of $48,700

Average annual pay

$67,330

Mean wage

Pay range

$49,110–$84,190

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

12,460

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$30.44

Before taxes

The state's price level is 110.7 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $63,320 here equals roughly $57,200 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.