Judicial law clerks are below average when it comes to happiness.

At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, judicial law clerks rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 31% of careers.

To put this into perspective, we compared how happy judicial law clerks are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:

Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers

Career Satisfaction Avg Salary
Legislator
3.5
$40k
Arbitrator
3.5
$49k
Hearing officer
3.5
$108k
Lobbyist
3.4
$50k
Court reporter
3.0
$57k
Judicial law clerk
3.0
$31k
Probation officer
2.9
$39k
Legal secretary
2.7
$29k
Paralegal
2.7
$44k
Compliance manager
2.7
$83k

So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:

  • Salary: Are judicial law clerks happy with their salary?
  • Meaning: Do judicial law clerks find their jobs meaningful?
  • Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as judicial law clerks?
  • Work environment: How enjoyable are judicial law clerk’s work environments?
  • Skills utilization: Are judicial law clerks making the best use of their abilities?

Are judicial law clerks happy with their salary?

Judicial law clerks rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.8/5. Judicial law clerks tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.

We asked judicial law clerks how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:

2.8 out of 5 stars

99 judicial law clerks

5 Star
9%

9% of judicial law clerks rated their compensation 5 stars

4 Star
24%

24% of judicial law clerks rated their compensation 4 stars

3 Star
23%

23% of judicial law clerks rated their compensation 3 stars

2 Star
24%

24% of judicial law clerks rated their compensation 2 stars

1 Star
19%

19% of judicial law clerks rated their compensation 1 stars

Do judicial law clerks find their jobs meaningful?

On average, judicial law clerks rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.6/5. While most judicial law clerks aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.

We asked judicial law clerks how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:

2.6 out of 5 stars

101 judicial law clerks

5 Star
9%

9% of judicial law clerks rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars

4 Star
16%

16% of judicial law clerks rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars

3 Star
26%

26% of judicial law clerks rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars

2 Star
27%

27% of judicial law clerks rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars

1 Star
23%

23% of judicial law clerks rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars

How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as judicial law clerks?

Judicial law clerks rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of judicial law clerks find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.

We asked judicial law clerks how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:

3.6 out of 5 stars

107 judicial law clerks

5 Star
27%

27% of judicial law clerks rated their career fit 5 stars

4 Star
33%

33% of judicial law clerks rated their career fit 4 stars

3 Star
17%

17% of judicial law clerks rated their career fit 3 stars

2 Star
17%

17% of judicial law clerks rated their career fit 2 stars

1 Star
7%

7% of judicial law clerks rated their career fit 1 stars

How enjoyable is a judicial law clerk’s work environment?

As a whole, judicial law clerks rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.

We asked judicial law clerks how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:

3.4 out of 5 stars

108 judicial law clerks

5 Star
23%

23% of judicial law clerks rated their work environment 5 stars

4 Star
22%

22% of judicial law clerks rated their work environment 4 stars

3 Star
28%

28% of judicial law clerks rated their work environment 3 stars

2 Star
22%

22% of judicial law clerks rated their work environment 2 stars

1 Star
5%

5% of judicial law clerks rated their work environment 1 stars

Are judicial law clerks making the best use of their abilities?

Former judicial law clerks on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Judicial law clerks tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.

We asked judicial law clerks how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:

2.9 out of 5 stars

109 judicial law clerks

5 Star
8%

8% of judicial law clerks rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars

4 Star
24%

24% of judicial law clerks rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars

3 Star
28%

28% of judicial law clerks rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars

2 Star
28%

28% of judicial law clerks rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars

1 Star
12%

12% of judicial law clerks rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars