SOC 43-4031.00

    Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

    Perform clerical duties for courts of law, municipalities, or governmental licensing agencies and bureaus.

    Median pay
    $48,700
    Growth
    +3.4%
    As fast as average
    Openings a year
    17,100
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $36,300
    Median
    $48,700
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $73,820
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    179,750 people work in this occupation.

    What court, municipal, and license clerks do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    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.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    16 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    15 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    2 / 100
    Social (S)
    42 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    54 / 100
    Conventional (C) · strongest
    86 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

    Interest code CES. Compare it with yours

    What you'd do

    Documenting/Recording Information
    92
    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    88
    Performing Administrative Activities
    86
    Getting Information
    84
    Working with Computers
    84
    Communicating with People Outside the Organization
    81
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    74
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    74
    Processing Information
    71
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    69
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Active Listening
    • Speaking
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Critical Thinking
    • Writing
    • Coordination
    • Judgment and Decision Making
    • Monitoring
    • Service Orientation
    • Social Perceptiveness

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Administrative
    • English Language
    • Law and Government
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Mathematics
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Administration and Management
    • Communications and Media
    • Telecommunications

    Abilities

    • Written Comprehension
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Near Vision
    • Speech Recognition
    • Information Ordering
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Written Expression
    • Category Flexibility

    Work styles

    • Attention to Detail
    • Dependability
    • Integrity
    • Cautiousness
    • Cooperation
    • Social Orientation
    • Self-Control
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Sincerity
    • Perseverance

    Also called

    Agent Licensing Clerk · Animal Control Licensing Worker · Appeals Clerk · Appellate Court Clerk · Basic Traffic Minute Clerk · Birth Certification Clerk · Calendar Clerk · Case Clerk · Circuit Clerk · Circuit Court Clerk

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

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    Licenses by state

    1 state lists a license for this work. Open your state for the license and the agency that issues it.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.