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What law clerks make
Typical
$64,920
First-year term clerk
$46,180
Career clerk
$113,140
The national median is $64,920 a year, and the bottom tenth are near $46,180. Most clerkships are one or two year terms taken straight out of law school, which keeps the middle of this range low compared to what those same people earn afterwards.