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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates vs Judicial Law Clerks

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates and Judicial Law Clerks on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Judicial Law Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$156,210
$60,400
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,580
13,220
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
21st pct
20th pct

At a glance

Dimension Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Judicial Law Clerks
Median pay $156,210 $60,400
Employment 25,580 13,220
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.5%) About average (+2.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 900 1,000
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 21st pct Low · 20th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 59th pct · 31% of tasks 76th pct · 39% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (54.1%) Automation-leaning (45.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Active Listening, Law and Government, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, English Language, Written Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Expression, Inductive Reasoning, Writing, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Speech Clarity, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Information Ordering, Time Management, Negotiation, Category Flexibility, Public Safety and Security, Coordination, Persuasion, Instructing, Service Orientation, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Selective Attention.

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

  • Administration and Management
  • Psychology
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Personnel Resources

Specific to Judicial Law Clerks

  • Administrative
  • Learning Strategies
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Far Vision
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Memorization

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Document management software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Information retrieval or search software , Data base user interface and query software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Specific to Judicial Law Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates or Judicial Law Clerks — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates vs Judicial Law Clerks." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/judges-magistrate-judges-and-magistrates-vs-judicial-law-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates vs Judicial Law Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/judges-magistrate-judges-and-magistrates-vs-judicial-law-clerks

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