Salaries at U.S. Courts range from $20 818 per year for a Probation Clerk - Part-Time position, $48 per hour for a Judicial Law Clerk to Senior Judges (Permanent/Part-Time) position to $243 300 per year for a Panel Executive position, $73 per hour for a Judicial Law Clerk to Senior Judges (Permanent/Part-Time) position
The average salary at U.S. Courts is $66 197 per year, $48 per hour
Salary information at U.S. Courts is objective data that will be useful to anyone considering employment at this company. The statistics in the table below are based on recent and archived U.S. Courts job openings, so they can be considered practically accurate.
Positions |
Salary |
Administrative Assistant |
$56 524 - 91 899 per year |
Administrative Assistant (Operations Management) |
$68 405 - 128 956 per year |
Administrative Law Clerk to The Honorable Mary H. Murguia |
$72 037 - 157 724 per year |
Administrative Officer |
$129 451 - 183 500 per year |
Administrative Specialist |
$57 222 - 92 995 per year |
Administrative Support Assistant |
$45 146 - 72 703 per year |
Administrative Support I |
$37 357 - 67 231 per year |
Administrative Support Specialist |
$53 387 - 66 731 per year |
Appeals Processing Clerk |
$53 105 - 84 441 per year |
Appellate Attorney (AFPD) |
$82 764 - 191 800 per year |
Architect and Facilities Supervisor |
$94 359 - 181 228 per year |
Architect/Project Manager |
$86 400 - 165 942 per year |
Assistant Circuit Executive for Space & Facilities |
$143 108 - 204 000 per year |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator |
$74 684 - 116 366 per year |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator (ACSA) - IT Desktop Support |
$66 732 - 118 079 per year |
Assistant Federal Defender |
$69 000 - 162 000 per year |
Assistant Federal Public Defender (AFPD) |
$69 961 - 182 990 per year |
Assistant Federal Public Defender (Capital Habeas Unit) |
$75 738 - 177 814 per year |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Trial Unit |
$67 109 - 157 460 per year |
Automation Support Specialist |
$47 619 - 59 540 per year |
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel - Law Clerk |
$80 665 - 176 620 per year |
Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida at Tampa |
$223 836 - 223 836 per year |
Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Georgia at Atlanta |
$223 836 - 223 836 per year |
Briefing/Records Clerk |
$43 683 - 70 994 per year |
Budget and Procurement Administrator |
$73 683 - 142 431 per year |
Case Administration Specialist |
$43 122 - 53 906 per year |
Case Administrator |
$47 737 - 77 612 per year |
Case Administrator I |
$45 583 - 99 023 per year |
Case Administrator I-II |
$44 379 - 79 677 per year |
Case Administrator I/II |
$47 046 - 84 465 per year |
Case Administrator II |
$54 717 - 88 938 per year |
Case Administrator-Dispatcher |
$40 957 - 66 581 per year |
Case Administrator/Courtroom Deputy |
$54 717 - 88 938 per year |
Case Manager |
$43 149 - 85 794 per year |
Case Manager Supervisor |
$73 000 - 73 000 per year |
Chief Deputy Clerk (Type II - Clerk's Office) |
$187 665 - 195 000 per year |
Chief Deputy Clerk II |
$150 135 - 204 000 per year |
Chief U.S. Probation Officer |
$171 608 - 234 156 per year |
Circuit Executive |
$243 300 - 243 300 per year |
CJA Resource Counsel (Research and Writing Specialist) - Trial Unit |
$73 858 - 191 800 per year |
Clerk of Court |
$172 632 - 229 570 per year |
Clerk of Court (Court Unit Executive) |
$180 944 - 232 600 per year |
Clerk of the Panel |
$192 301 - 243 300 per year |
Court Attorney |
$76 535 - 147 946 per year |
Court Reporter |
$89 773 - 105 890 per year |
Court Reporter Coordinator |
$51 087 - 83 038 per year |
Courtroom Deputy |
$45 824 - 99 548 per year |
Courtroom Deputy Clerk |
$53 329 - 104 885 per year |
Courtroom Deputy I/II |
$52 831 - 94 338 per year |
Courtroom Deputy to U.S. District Judge |
$52 831 - 94 338 per year |
Courtroom Manager (i.e., Courtroom Deputy Clerk) |
$57 190 - 102 143 per year |
Courtroom Technology Specialist |
$57 222 - 102 201 per year |
Cybersecurity Specialist |
$64 518 - 125 720 per year |
Death Penalty Law Clerk |
$113 792 - 174 811 per year |
Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer |
$122 198 - 204 000 per year |
Deputy Chief United States Pretrial Services Officer |
$128 252 - 176 929 per year |
Deputy Executive Officer |
$163 964 - 204 000 per year |
Director of Civic Education |
$75 343 - 145 641 per year |
Director of Events and Communications |
$79 339 - 153 366 per year |
Director of Information Technology |
$113 352 - 183 500 per year |
Director of Operations |
$83 194 - 135 231 per year |
Director of Workplace Relations |
$55 754 - 95 950 per year |
Director or Workplace Relations |
$114 067 - 183 500 per year |
Drug Analysis Technician |
$39 625 - 49 128 per year |
Education Specialist |
$66 197 - 107 614 per year |
Executive Assistant to the Clerk of Court |
$61 806 - 100 475 per year |
Federal Public Defender for the District of Maine |
$183 500 - 183 500 per year |
Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island |
$183 500 - 183 500 per year |
Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee |
$191 000 - 191 000 per year |
Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Michigan |
$183 500 - 183 500 per year |
Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee |
$191 000 - 191 000 per year |
Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Florida |
$191 900 - 191 900 per year |
Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida |
$183 500 - 183 500 per year |
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania |
$183 500 - 183 500 per year |
Financial Analyst |
$53 337 - 86 667 per year |
Financial Analyst (Full-Time, Permanent) |
$64 593 - 125 876 per year |
Financial Specialist |
$52 450 - 85 239 per year |
Financial Specialist (Full-Time, Permanent) |
$53 391 - 86 805 per year |
Financial Specialist I |
$50 316 - 81 771 per year |
Financial Technician/Specialist |
$44 730 - 88 938 per year |
Forensic Examiner |
$54 101 - 87 909 per year |
Generalist |
$43 149 - 77 699 per year |
Generalist Clerk (Court Crier) |
$38 317 - 62 122 per year |
Generalist Clerk (Intake) |
$42 484 - 76 459 per year |
Help Desk Specialist |
$49 966 - 81 216 per year |
Human Resouces Director |
$102 101 - 191 900 per year |
Human Resources Assistant |
$44 194 - 50 654 per year |
Human Resources Generalist |
$51 087 - 83 038 per year |
Human Resources Technician |
$44 730 - 80 546 per year |
Information Technology Administrator |
$103 409 - 153 366 per year |
Information Technology Manager |
$93 829 - 152 511 per year |
Information Technology Security Officer |
$83 093 - 140 396 per year |
Information Technology Specialist |
$62 852 - 102 201 per year |
Information Technology Technician |
$48 184 - 86 233 per year |
Intake Coordinator |
$49 523 - 80 546 per year |
Interpeter |
$72 553 - 158 860 per year |
Interpreter |
$73 858 - 161 716 per year |
Investigator |
$75 783 - 108 012 per year |
IT HelpDesk Specialist |
$66 197 - 107 614 per year |
IT Manager |
$100 102 - 191 380 per year |
IT Security Officer |
$66 250 - 107 701 per year |
IT Security Officer (Circuit) |
$83 194 - 135 231 per year |
IT Security Specialist (Assessment Lead) |
$91 965 - 149 476 per year |
IT Systems Administrator |
$52 831 - 85 844 per year |
Judicial Administrator/Paralegal to United States Circuit Judge |
$72 974 - 94 863 per year |
Judicial Assistant |
$61 993 - 107 590 per year |
Judicial Assistant To A Federal Circuit Judge |
$45 146 - 107 590 per year |
Judicial Assistant to a Senior Circuit Judge |
$82 764 - 107 590 per year |
Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Morgan Christen, U.S. Circuit Judge |
$58 292 - 101 263 per year |
Judicial Assistant/Paralegal |
$57 118 - 89 835 per year |
Judicial Executive Assistant or Paralegal to Chief Judge Mark A. Barnett |
$80 769 - 104 996 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Judge Margaret Bartley |
$78 592 - 145 617 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Amanda L. Meredith |
$82 764 - 153 354 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Grant Jaquith |
$78 592 - 145 617 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Joseph L. Toth |
$78 592 - 172 075 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Judge Michael P. Allen |
$82 764 - 153 354 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Senior Judges (Permanent) |
$99 200 - 153 354 per year |
Judicial Law Clerk to Senior Judges (Permanent/Part-Time) |
$48 - 73 per hour |
Jury Clerk |
$43 122 - 70 082 per year |
Law Library Manager |
$135 067 - 191 000 per year |
Lead Software Developer |
$102 962 - 167 349 per year |
Legal Assistant |
$48 267 - 78 503 per year |
Legal Assistant for Case Opening |
$50 129 - 89 731 per year |
Legal Editor |
$117 962 - 153 354 per year |
Legal/Administrative Assistant |
$58 135 - 94 464 per year |
Library Assistant |
$47 619 - 77 420 per year |
Magistrate Courtroom Deputy |
$52 831 - 85 844 per year |
Magistrate Judge Courtroom Clerk |
$55 182 - 89 665 per year |
Magistrate Judge Courtroom Deputy |
$60 266 - 97 925 per year |
Manager, Software Development |
$80 430 - 154 469 per year |
Mitigation Specialist - Trial Unit (Tucson) |
$73 858 - 124 395 per year |
Official Court Reporter |
$88 333 - 101 582 per year |
Official Court Reporter (Realtime Certified) |
$107 663 - 117 417 per year |
Operations Specialist |
$43 414 - 94 338 per year |
Operations Support Clerk |
$41 381 - 74 473 per year |
Operations Support Specialist |
$44 170 - 49 451 per year |
Operations Support Specialist (Quality Control Analyst) |
$60 266 - 107 614 per year |
Panel Executive |
$220 853 - 243 300 per year |
Paralegal |
$82 764 - 181 216 per year |
Paralegal/Judicial Administrator to United States Circuit Judge |
$76 671 - 99 670 per year |
Paralegal/Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Danielle J. Forrest, U.S. Circuit Judge |
$64 504 - 101 454 per year |
Policy and Management Analyst |
$60 266 - 128 992 per year |
Pretrial Services Case Administrator Assistant |
$43 122 - 53 906 per year |
Pretrial Services Support Technician |
$40 662 - 66 101 per year |
Pretrial Services Technician |
$32 211 - 37 855 per year |
Pro Se Law Clerk - Part-time |
$37 506 - 82 122 per year |
Pro Se Staff Attorney |
$113 792 - 174 811 per year |
Probation Clerk - Part-Time |
$20 818 - 20 818 per year |
Probation Officer |
$63 991 - 124 694 per year |
Probation Officer Assistant |
$49 565 - 76 116 per year |
Probation Services Technician |
$47 966 - 77 966 per year |
Probation Support Technician |
$46 082 - 74 921 per year |
Probation Support Technician II |
$44 885 - 73 003 per year |
Probation/Pretrial Services Administrative Assistant |
$43 596 - 78 503 per year |
Procurement & Facilities Specialist |
$55 182 - 68 401 per year |
Procurement and Facilities Specialist |
$51 952 - 102 201 per year |
Procurement Specialist |
$51 493 - 92 174 per year |
Programmer Analyst |
$69 008 - 112 184 per year |
Programmer/Systems Administrator |
$79 339 - 153 366 per year |
Records Clerk |
$54 717 - 88 938 per year |
Senior Staff Attorney |
$193 607 - 224 178 per year |
Space & Facilities Administrator |
$62 297 - 101 299 per year |
Space & Facilities Specialist |
$59 997 - 97 536 per year |
Space and Facilities Administrator |
$87 773 - 114 133 per year |
Special Counsel To The Clerk |
$131 150 - 191 900 per year |
Special Master |
$212 100 - 212 100 per year |
Staff Attorney |
$62 852 - 172 099 per year |
Student Contractor |
$35 969 - 35 969 per year |
Supervisory Librarian |
$97 177 - 186 641 per year |
System Engineer |
$79 339 - 128 992 per year |
Systems Analyst |
$72 629 - 118 083 per year |
Systems Analyst/Programmer |
$52 697 - 103 208 per year |
Systems and Network Administrator |
$66 197 - 128 992 per year |
Systems Specialist |
$54 622 - 88 754 per year |
Temporary Attorney Advisor (JC&D) |
$97 483 - 158 458 per year |
Temporary Attorney Advisor (OWR) |
$97 483 - 158 458 per year |
Temporary Help Desk Technician |
$42 179 - 68 568 per year |
Term Law Clerk to Honorable Angela M. Martinez |
$73 858 - 136 852 per year |
Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Deborah M. Fine |
$75 783 - 140 419 per year |
Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Diane J. Humetewa |
$73 783 - 108 012 per year |
Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer G. Zipps |
$73 858 - 136 852 per year |
U.S. Pretrial Services Officer |
$55 616 - 125 876 per year |
U.S. Pretrial Services Officer Assistant |
$58 544 - 99 535 per year |
U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services Officer |
$45 682 - 82 830 per year |
U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Officer |
$49 965 - 94 338 per year |
U.S. Probation Clerk |
$42 484 - 69 035 per year |
U.S. Probation Officer |
$64 222 - 64 222 per year |
U.S. Probation Officer Assistant |
$50 939 - 95 325 per year |
United States Magistrate Judge |
$213 992 - 213 992 per year |
United States Probation Officer |
$56 339 - 109 790 per year |
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