Table 5.4

Compensation of Judges of Appellate Courts and General Trial Courts

Available versions: 2023 (showing) 2022

		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	186700.8	185640	Court of Criminal Appeals	184579	Circuit courts	148512
02	Alaska	Supreme Court	216080	215436	Court of Appeals	203522	Superior courts	199193
04	Arizona	Supreme Court	212000	205000	Court of Appeals	190000	Superior courts	164700
05	Arkansas	Supreme Court	219902.6	203625	Court of Appeals	197596	Chancery courts	192919
06	California	Supreme Court	295908	282177	Court of Appeals	264542	Superior court	231174
08	Colorado	Supreme Court	214188	199632	Court of Appeals	191724	District courts	183816
09	Connecticut	Supreme Court	233512	209770	Appellate Court	197046	Superior courts	189483
10	Delaware	Supreme Court	221898	212315	NA	NA	Superior courts	199612
12	Florida	Supreme Court	251414	239442	District Court of Appeals	202440	Circuit courts	182060
13	Georgia*	Supreme Court	186112	184112	Court of Appeals	182990	Superior courts	180915
15	Hawaii	Supreme Court	246120	235680	Intermediate Court	218796	Circuit courts	213096
16	Idaho	Supreme Court	168212	160400	Court of Appeals	150400	District courts	144400
17	Illinois	Supreme Court	271379	258456	Court of Appeals	243256	Circuit courts	223219
18	Indiana	Supreme Court	214586	199059	Court of Appeals	193501	Circuit courts	165276
19	Iowa	Supreme Court	196106	187326	Court of Appeals	169765	District courts	158056
20	Kansas	Supreme Court	172821	168598	Court of Appeals	163156	District courts	148912
21	Kentucky	Supreme Court	170096.88	153751	Court of Appeals	147562	Circuit courts	141401
22	Louisiana	Supreme Court	202888.35	187914	Court of Appeals	175797	District courts	168949
23	Maine	Supreme Judicial Court	179670.4	155397	NA	NA	Superior courts	145642
24	Maryland	Court of Appeals	235433	206433	Court of Special Appeals	193633	Circuit courts	184433
25	Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court	232101	226187	Appellate Court	213924	Superior courts	207855
26	Michigan	Supreme Court	181483	181483	Court of Appeals	182656	Circuit courts	168759
27	Minnesota	Supreme Court	227336	191359	Court of Appeals	180313	District courts	169264
28	Mississippi	Supreme Court	181491	173800	Court of Appeals	168467	Chancery courts	158000
29	Missouri	Supreme Court	205965	189198	Court of Appeals	172,937 €	Circuit courts	163082
30	Montana	Supreme Court	164814	155920	NA	NA	District courts	142683
31	Nebraska	Supreme Court	212316.37	198427	Court of Appeals	188505	District courts	183545
32	Nevada	Supreme Court	170000	170000	Court of Appeals	165000	District courts	160000
33	New Hampshire	Supreme Court	185522	179942	NA	NA	Superior courts	168761
34	New Jersey	Supreme Court	229600	221855	Appellate division of	211319	Superior courts	200163
35	New Mexico	Supreme Court	193683	180748	Court of Appeals	171710	District courts	163125
36	New York	Court of Appeals	240800	233400	Appellate divisions of	222200	Supreme courts	210900
37	North Carolina	Supreme Court	172278	167807	Court of Appeals	160866	Superior courts	152188
38	North Dakota	Supreme Court	184383	169162	NA	NA	District courts	155219
39	Ohio	Supreme Court	196633	184575	Court of Appeals	172034	Courts of common pleas	158206
40	Oklahoma	Supreme Court	185245	173469	Court of Appeals	164339	District courts	156732
41	Oregon	Supreme Court	180084	176724	Court of Appeals	173316	Circuit courts	163476
42	Pennsylvania	Supreme Court	251916	244793	Superior Court	230974	Courts of common pleas	212495
44	Rhode Island	Supreme Court	275998.8	225804	NA	NA	Superior courts	217637
45	South Carolina	Supreme Court	235186	213321	Court of Appeals	207987	Circuit courts	202654
46	South Dakota	Supreme Court	188769.78	174551	NA	NA	Circuit courts	163036
47	Tennessee	Supreme Court	224148	208704	Court of Appeals	201768	Chancery courts	194808
48	Texas	Supreme Court	214830	184800	Court of Appeals	178400	District courts	154000
49	Utah	Supreme Court	226050	203700	Court of Appeals	194450	District courts	185200
50	Vermont	Supreme Court	193600	184771	NA	NA	Superior/District/Family	175654
51	Virginia	Supreme Court	247249	222308	Court of Appeals	204868	Circuit courts	193848
53	Washington	Supreme Court	243329	224176	Court of Appeals	213400	Superior courts	203169
54	West Virginia	Supreme Court	149600	149600	Court of Appeals	142500	Circuit courts	132300
55	Wisconsin	Supreme Court	184819	184829	Court of Appeals	174366	Circuit courts	164487
56	Wyoming	Supreme Court	175000	175000	NA	NA	District courts	160000
11	District of Columbia	Supreme Court	247100	246600	NA	NA	Superior Court	232600
60	American Samoa	High Court	NR	NR	NA	NR	Local District Court	NR
66	Guam	Supreme Court	162454	160454	NA	NA	Superior Court	144110
69	CNMI**	Supreme Court	130000	126000	NA	NA	Superior Court	120000
72	Puerto Rico	Supreme Court	125000	120000	Circuit Court of Appeal	105000	Court of First Instance	89600
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Supreme Court	231564	226564	NA	NA	Superior Court	191360

Source:

National Center for State Courts, January 1, 2023.

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.

Key:

*	—	Georgia provided weighted salaries.
**	—	Commonwealth of Mariana Islands.
NA	—	Not Applicable.
NR	—	No Response.