DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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. Clerks of Court are classified in ?Managers, All Other? (11-9199).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	3,680	128	$23.56/hr	$0.41/hr	$17.77/hr	$20.18/hr	$23.05/hr	$27.17/hr	$30.05/hr
Minnesota	7,290	219	$22.84/hr	$0.23/hr	$16.84/hr	$19.71/hr	$22.84/hr	$26.05/hr	$29.26/hr
U S	154,020	1,232	$20.46/hr	$0.12/hr	$12.65/hr	$15.51/hr	$19.16/hr	$24.03/hr	$29.73/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Public Administration 3,650 $23.05/hr

Other Regional Data For Court, Municipal, and License Clerks Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 3,680 $23.05/hr N/A Northwest Minnesota 960 $21.80/hr 3.0% Central Minnesota 800 $21.65/hr 6.9% Southwest Minnesota 700 $22.18/hr 3.7% Northeast Minnesota 640 $22.63/hr 7.9% Southeast Minnesota 530 $23.04/hr 6.6%

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Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2020 - 2030
Office Clerks, General	32,070	$19.27/hr	-3.4%
Receptionists and Information Clerks	11,280	$15.35/hr	0.0%
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	8,570	$29.50/hr	-20.6%
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	5,900	$22.73/hr	-1.3%
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators	5,380	$21.83/hr	-1.1%
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation	4,960	$37.06/hr	4.4%
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	4,340	$28.35/hr	10.4%
Counter and Rental Clerks	3,280	$14.80/hr	2.0%
Legal Secretaries	2,530	$28.41/hr	-21.8%
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1,970	$13.19/hr	13.0%
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	1,830	$20.89/hr	-9.5%
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,050	$26.86/hr	N/A
Procurement Clerks	730	$21.53/hr	-6.0%
Postal Service Clerks	520	$23.97/hr	-8.5%
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	390	$25.20/hr	-11.7%
Correspondence Clerks	N/A	$23.72/hr	N/A

• Prepares docket or calendar of cases to be called, using typewriter or computer.
• Instructs parties when to appear in court.
• Explains procedures or forms to parties in case.
• Records minutes of court proceedings, using stenotype machine or shorthand, and transcribes testimony, using typewriter or computer.
• Notifies district attorney's office of cases prosecuted by district attorney.
• Administers oath to witnesses.
• Collects court fees or fines and records amounts collected.
• Records case disposition, court orders, and arrangement for payment of court fees.
• Examines legal documents submitted to court for adherence to law or court procedures.
• Prepares case folders, and posts, files, or routes documents.
• Secures information for judges, and contacts witnesses, attorneys, and litigants to obtain information for court.
• Prepares agendas and bylaws for town council.
• Prepares reports on civic needs.
• Records minutes of council meetings.
• Keeps fiscal records and accounts.
• Answers official correspondence.
• Questions applicant to obtain information, such as name, address, and age, and records data on prescribed forms.
• Evaluates information obtained to determine applicant qualification for licensure.
• Conducts oral, visual, written, or performance test to determine applicant qualifications.
• Submits fees and reports to government for record.
• Counts collected fees and applications.
• Collects prescribed fee.
• Issues driver, automobile, marriage, dog, or other license.