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Court, Municipal, and License Clerks pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Texarkana, TX-AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks is $83,490 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $37,250 per year in Texarkana, TX-AR. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 124.1% above Texarkana, TX-AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 550 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 70 in Texarkana, TX-AR. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.