Court Clerk Salary In Ghana

A court clerk (British English clerk to the court, /klɑːk/; American English clerk of the court or clerk of court, /klɝk/) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court. Another duty is to administer oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors.

Below is Court Clerk Salary In Ghana

What are the duties of a court clerk in Ghana?

Clerks are responsible for the following:

Arrange processes filed in the docket.

Write headings and index record books.

Issue warrants.

Select cases/dockets.

Prepare Statistical Returns.

Mark and register exhibit tendered in Court.

Call cases.

Swear in witnesses.

A person working as a Court Clerk in Ghana typically earns around 2,200 GHS per month. Salaries range from 1,060 GHS (lowest) to 3,460 GHS (highest).

This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.

Court Clerk salaries vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.

Court Clerk Salary Distribution in Ghana

The median, the maximum, the minimum, and the range

Salary Range

Court Clerk salaries in Ghana range from 1,060 GHS per month (minimum salary) to 3,460 GHS per month (maximum salary).

Median Salary

The median salary is 2,290 GHS per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Court Clerk(s) are earning less than 2,290 GHS while the other half are earning more than 2,290 GHS. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.

Percentiles

Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Court Clerk(s) are earning less than 1,510 GHS while 75% of them are earning more than 1,510 GHS. Also from the diagram, 75% of Court Clerk(s) are earning less than 2,990 GHS while 25% are earning more than 2,990 GHS.

Court Clerk Salary Comparison by Years of Experience

How does experience and age affect your pay?

The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher your wage. We broke down Court Clerk salaries by experience level and this is what we found.

A Court Clerk with less than two years of experience makes approximately 1,240 GHS per month.

While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 1,750 GHS per month, 42% more than someone with less than two year’s experience.

Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 2,300 GHS per month, 31% more than someone with two to five years of experience.

Additionally, Court Clerk(s) whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 2,830 GHS per month, 23% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.

If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 3,010 GHS per month, 6% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.

Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 3,300 GHS per month, 10% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.

Court Clerk average salary change by experience in Ghana

0 – 2 Years1,240 GHS
2 – 5 Years+42%1,750 GHS
5 – 10 Years+31%2,300 GHS
10 – 15 Years+23%2,830 GHS
15 – 20 Years+6%3,010 GHS
20+ Years+10%3,300 GHS


What qualifications does a clerk need?

An aspirant must fulfill the given eligibility criteria to become a Clerk:

A candidate must have a bachelor’s degree as the minimum qualification criteria before applying for the Bank clerk exam.

Age Criteria: The candidate must be 20-28 years old.

They must have a valid bachelor’s degree from a recognised university.