Table 5.4

Compensation of Judges of Appellate Courts and General Trial Courts

		Appellate courts
FIPS	State or other jurisdiction	Court of last resort	Chief Justice salaries	Associate Justice salaries	Intermediate appellate court	Judge salaries	General trial courts	Salary
01	Alabama	Supreme Court	179,520	178,500	Court of Criminal Appeals	177,990	Circuit courts	142,800
02	Alaska	Supreme Court	205,776	205,176	Court of Appeals	193,836	Superior courts	189,720
04	Arizona	Supreme Court	164,836	159,685	Court of Appeals	154,534	Superior courts	149,383
05	Arkansas	Supreme Court	205,325	190,126	Court of Appeals	184,497	Chancery courts	180,129
06	California	Supreme Court	288,100	274,732	Court of Appeals	257,562	Superior court	225,074
08	Colorado	Supreme Court	203,988	199,632	Court of Appeals	191,724	District courts	183,816
09	Connecticut	Supreme Court	226,711	209,770	Appellate Court	197,046	Superior courts	189,483
10	Delaware	Supreme Court	214,394	205,135	. . .	NA	Superior courts	192,862
12	Florida	Supreme Court	239,442	239,442	District Court of Appeals	202,440	Circuit courts	182,060
13	Georgia	Supreme Court	184,112	184,112	Court of Appeals	182,990	Superior courts	181,239
15	Hawaii	Supreme Court	238,104	229,668	Intermediate Court	212,784	Circuit courts	207,084
16	Idaho	Supreme Court	163,400	160,400	Court of Appeals	150,400	District courts	144,400
17	Illinois	Supreme Court	258,456	258,456	Court of Appeals	243,256	Circuit courts	223,219
18	Indiana	Supreme Court	199,059	199,059	Court of Appeals	193,501	Circuit courts	165,276
19	Iowa	Supreme Court	196,106	187,326	Court of Appeals	169,765	District courts	158,056
20	Kansas	Supreme Court	172,821	168,598	Court of Appeals	163,156	District courts	148,912
21	Kentucky	Supreme Court	158,752	153,751	Court of Appeals	147,562	Circuit courts	141,401
22	Louisiana	Supreme Court	196,050	186,714	Court of Appeals	174,597	District courts	167,749
23	Maine	Supreme Judicial Court	179,670	155,396	. . .	NA	Superior courts	145,642
24	Maryland	Court of Appeals	225,433	206,433	Court of Special Appeals	193,633	Circuit courts	184,433
25	Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court	206,239	200,984	Appellate Court	190,087	Superior courts	184,694
26	Michigan	Supreme Court	164,610	164,610	Court of Appeals	173,528	Circuit courts	160,325
27	Minnesota	Supreme Court	210,496	191,359	Court of Appeals	180,313	District courts	169,264
28	Mississippi	Supreme Court	174,000	166,500	Court of Appeals	158,500	Chancery courts	149,000
29	Missouri	Supreme Court	197,823	189,198	Court of Appeals	172,937	Circuit courts	163,082
30	Montana	Supreme Court	157,784	155,920	. . .	NA	District courts	142,683
31	Nebraska	Supreme Court	198,427	198,427	Court of Appeals	188,505	District courts	183,545
32	Nevada	Supreme Court	170,000	170,000	Court of Appeals	165,000	District courts	160,000
33	New Hampshire	Supreme Court	185,522	179,942	. . .	NA	Superior courts	168,761
34	New Jersey	Supreme Court	225,098	217,505	Appellate division of	207,176	Superior courts	196,238
35	New Mexico	Supreme Court	182,748	180,748	Court of Appeals	164,930	District courts	156,683
36	New York	Court of Appeals	240,800	233,400	Appellate divisions of	222,200	Supreme courts	210,900
37	North Carolina	Supreme Court	172,278	167,807	Court of Appeals	160,866	Superior courts	152,188
38	North Dakota	Supreme Court	173,946	169,162	. . .	NA	District courts	155,219
39	Ohio	Supreme Court	193,251	181,400	Court of Appeals	169,075	Courts of common pleas	155,485
40	Oklahoma	Supreme Court	182,245	173,469	Court of Appeals	164,339	District courts	156,732
41	Oregon	Supreme Court	174,672	171,408	Court of Appeals	168,108	Circuit courts	158,556
42	Pennsylvania	Supreme Court	233,688	227,080	Superior Court	214,261	Courts of common pleas	197,119
44	Rhode Island	Supreme Court	269,267	225804	. . .	NA	Superior courts	210,860
45	South Carolina	Supreme Court	223,987	213,321	Court of Appeals	207,987	Circuit courts	202,654
46	South Dakota	Supreme Court	176,551	174,551	. . .	NA	Circuit courts	163,036
47	Tennessee	Supreme Court	213,708	208,704	Court of Appeals	201,768	Chancery courts	194,808
48	Texas	Supreme Court	214,830	184,800	Court of Appeals	178,400	District courts	154,000
49	Utah	Supreme Court	205,700	203,700	Court of Appeals	194,450	District courts	185,200
50	Vermont	Supreme Court	193,600	184,771	. . .	NA	Superior/District/Family	175,654
51	Virginia	Supreme Court	225,517	212,365	Court of Appeals	195,422	Circuit courts	184,617
53	Washington	Supreme Court	227,410	224,176	Court of Appeals	213,400	Superior courts	203,169
54	West Virginia	Supreme Court	149,600	149,600	. . .	142,500	Circuit courts	132,300
55	Wisconsin	Supreme Court	165,772	165,772	Court of Appeals	156,388	Circuit courts	147,535
56	Wyoming	Supreme Court	175,000	175,000	. . .	NA	District courts	160,000

Source:

National Center for State Courts, July 1, 2022.

Notes:

Compensation is shown rounded to the nearest thousand, and is reported according to most recent legislation, even though laws may not yet have taken effect. There are other non-salary forms of judicial compensation that can be a significant part of a judge’s compensation package. It should be noted that many of these can be important to judges or attorneys who might be interested in becoming judges or justices. These include retirement, disability, and death benefits, expense accounts, vacation, holiday, and sick leave and various forms of insurance coverage.