Judicial Law Clerks Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $47K, rent takes 40.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,261/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $900/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new judicial law clerks typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,466/month. At HUD’s $1,261/month FMR, rent would take 51% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 28% below the national median — $47K here vs. $65K nationally. Cost of living is 8% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Augusta-Richmond County pays $47K median vs. the U.S. average of $65K — that’s -28%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 91.9), the purchasing-power equivalent is $51K — below the national median.

The median is $46,740 a year, that works out to about $22 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $41,100, and experienced judicial law clerks can clear $57,690. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,123/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,261/month, which eats 40.4% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Augusta-Richmond County has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median judicial law clerks salary is worth about $50,860 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.