Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
SOC 43-4031 · 2024-2034
Perform clerical duties for courts of law, municipalities, or governmental licensing agencies and bureaus. May prepare docket of cases to be called; secure information for judges and court; prepare draft agendas or bylaws for town or city council; answer official correspondence; keep fiscal records and accounts; issue licenses or permits; and record data, administer tests, or collect fees.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $64,818per year
- Projected openings
- 13,520
- Projected change
- +5.5%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $82,499 | 530 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $79,426 | 170 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $79,400 | 1,110 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $73,826 | 120 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $72,950 | 1,100 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $71,130 | 70 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $65,780 | 430 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $65,777 | 110 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $65,164 | 90 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $64,090 | 2,010 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $64,030 | 230 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $63,928 | 170 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $63,785 | 1,750 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $63,315 | 2,430 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $63,223 | 40 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $62,712 | 160 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $62,712 | 120 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $62,712 | 140 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $61,343 | 640 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $60,700 | 180 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $59,024 | 960 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $58,769 | 120 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $58,544 | 100 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $56,328 | 150 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $56,328 | 110 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $55,725 | 180 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $55,204 | 170 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $54,816 | 390 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $53,968 | 140 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $50,842 | 80 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $50,770 | 180 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | $64,347 | 36,250 | 0% |
| Compliance Officers | $98,607 | 43,870 | +7% |
| Office Clerks, General | $49,607 | 356,700 | -4.5% |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants | $79,556 | 52,900 | +6% |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | $56,711 | 182,240 | +1.4% |
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | $91,106 | 62,570 | +1.3% |