How much do Court, Municipal, and License Clerks make in Syracuse, NY?

Percentile spread

For Court, Municipal, and License Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $38,890 and the 90th percentile is $74,890. The difference is $36,000, which is 75.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,130 to the 75th at $60,580, covers $17,450.

The mean annual wage is $53,460, which sits above the median of $47,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Syracuse, NY median is 1.6% lower than the national median of $48,700 for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,041, which is 2.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.4% lower than the New York median of $53,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Syracuse, NY is 95.742, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Court, Municipal, and License Clerks at $50,041 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Court, Municipal, and License Clerks. Syracuse, NY ranks 15th of 23 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Ithaca, NY is 41 miles away, with a median of $56,740 and employment of 50. That median is 18.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,918, against $50,041 here.
• Utica-Rome, NY is 56 miles away, with a median of $45,220 and employment of 250. That median is 5.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,793, against $50,041 here.
• Binghamton, NY is 59 miles away, with a median of $46,910 and employment of 130. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,515, against $50,041 here.

Employment share

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Syracuse, NY (480 of 300,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (179,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.