Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

BLS metro-level wage data places Court, Municipal, and License Clerks pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL at a median of $48,940 per year ($23.53/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $48,700, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach pays same as, signaling either concentrated employer demand, a cost-of-living premium, or both. Approximately 3,350 court, municipal, and license clerkss are employed across the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach MSA in SOC 43-4031.

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach pay distribution spans from $36,970 at the 10th percentile to $61,880 at the 90th, a 1.7× spread that reflects experience tenure, specialization, employer size, and the difference between public-sector, nonprofit, and private-sector compensation inside the metro. The 25th percentile sits at $46,470 and the 75th at $60,800, so half of Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-based court, municipal, and license clerkss earn within that middle band.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live, which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide FL data, and peer-metro comparisons, a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.