Table 5.5

Selected Data on Court Administrative Offices

FIPS	State or other jurisdiction	Title	Established	Appointed by (a)	Salary
01	Alabama	Administrative Director of Courts	1971	CJ	163,548
02	Alaska	Administrative Director	1959	CJ (b)	203,176
04	Arizona	Administrative Director of Courts	1960	SC	225,000
05	Arkansas	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1965	CJ (c)	157,100
06	California	Administrative Director of the Courts	1960	JC	372,468
08	Colorado	State Court Administrator	1959	SC	196,116
09	Connecticut	Chief Court Administrator (d)	1965	CJ	217,854
10	Delaware	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1971	CJ	140,112
12	Florida	State Courts Administrator	1972	SC	166,500
13	Georgia	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1973	JC	162,557
15	Hawaii	Administrative Director of the Courts	1959	CJ (b)	162,552
16	Idaho	Administrative Director of the Courts	1967	SC	161,451
17	Illinois	Administrative Director of the Courts	1959	SC	250,996
18	Indiana	Executive Director, Division of State Court Administration	1975	CJ	159,950
19	Iowa	Court Administrator	1971	SC	141,544
20	Kansas	Judicial Administrator	1965	CJ	148,912
21	Kentucky	Administrative Director of the Courts	1976	CJ	141,401
22	Louisiana	Judicial Administrator	1954	SC	174,597
23	Maine	Court Administrator	1975	CJ	152,152
24	Maryland	State Court Administrator	1955	CJ	214,661
25	Massachusetts	Chief Justice for Administration & Management	1978	SC	195,628
26	Michigan	State Court Administrator	1952	SC	195,604
27	Minnesota	State Court Administrator	1963	SC	200,010
28	Mississippi	Court Administrator	1974	SC	114,000
29	Missouri	State Courts Administrator	1970	SC	144,098
30	Montana	State Court Administrator	1975	SC	114,213
31	Nebraska	State Court Administrator	1972	CJ	187,108
32	Nevada	Director, Office of Court Administration	1971	SC	139,346
33	New Hampshire	Director of the Administrative Office of the Court	1980	SC	144,222
34	New Jersey	Administrative Director of the Courts	1948	CJ	207,176
35	New Mexico	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1959	SC	180,740
36	New York	Chief Administrator of the Courts	1978	CJ	227,800
37	North Carolina	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1965	CJ	165,153
38	North Dakota	Court Administrator	1971	CJ	155,211
39	Ohio	Administrative Director of the Courts	1955	SC	173,784
40	Oklahoma	Administrative Director of the Courts	1967	SC	164,339
41	Oregon	Court Administrator	1971	SC	215,748
42	Pennsylvania	Court Administrator	1968	SC	214,261
44	Rhode Island	State Court Administrator	1969	CJ	185,057
45	South Carolina	Director of Court Administration	1973	CJ	147,089
46	South Dakota	State Court Administrator	1974	SC	150,685
47	Tennessee	Director	1963	SC	208,768
48	Texas	Administrative Director of the Courts	1977	SC	211,500
49	Utah	Court Administrator	1973	SC	185,200
50	Vermont	Court Administrator	1967	SC	184,771
51	Virginia	Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court	1952	SC	209,000
53	Washington	Administrator for the Courts	1957	SC	211,663
54	West Virginia	Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals	1975	SC	129,920
55	Wisconsin	Director of State Courts	1978	SC	156,388
56	Wyoming	Court Coordinator	1974	SC	130,000
11	Dist. of Columbia	Executive Officer, Courts of D.C.	1971	(d)	223,400
60	American Samoa	Administrator/Comptroller	N.A	N.A.	N.A.
66	Guam	Administrative Director of Superior Court	N.A.	CJ	130,328
69	No. Mariana Islands	Director of Courts	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
72	Puerto Rico	Administrative Director of the Courts	1952	CJ	114,000
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Court/Administrative Clerk	N.A.	N.A.	140,586

Source:

National Center for State Courts, July 1, 2022.

Notes:

Compensation shown is rounded to the nearest thousand, and is reported according to most recent legislation, even though laws may not yet have taken effect. Other information from State Court Administrator web sites.

Key:

SC	—	State court of last resort.
CJ	—	Chief justice or chief judge of court of last resort.
JC	—	Judicial council.
N.A.	—	Not available.

Footnotes:

(a)	Term of office for all court administrators is at pleasure of appointing authority.
(b)	With approval of Supreme Court.
(c)	With approval of Judicial Council.
(d)	Joint Committee on Judicial Administration.