Table 5.5

Selected Data on Court Administrative Offices

Available versions: 2023 (showing) 2022

FIPS	State or other jurisdiction	Title	Established	Appointed by (a)	Salary
01	Alabama	Administrative Director of Courts	1971	CJ	187925
02	Alaska	Administrative Director	1959	CJ (b)	213436
04	Arizona	Administrative Director of Courts	1960	SC	225000
05	Arkansas	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1965	CJ (c)	163751
06	California	Administrative Director of the Courts	1960	JC	NR
08	Colorado	State Court Administrator	1959	SC	205944
09	Connecticut	Chief Court Administrator (d)	1965	CJ	224390
10	Delaware	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1971	CJ	142914
12	Florida	State Courts Administrator	1972	SC	174826
13	Georgia	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1973	JC	170684
15	Hawaii	Administrative Director of the Courts	1959	CJ (b)	183804
16	Idaho	Administrative Director of the Courts	1967	SC	166295
17	Illinois	Administrative Director of the Courts	1959	SC	263546
18	Indiana	Executive Director, Division of State Court Administration	1975	CJ	178168
19	Iowa	Court Administrator	1971	SC	148699
20	Kansas	Judicial Administrator	1965	CJ	171249
21	Kentucky	Administrative Director of the Courts	1976	CJ	152005
22	Louisiana	Judicial Administrator	1954	SC	180807
23	Maine	Court Administrator	1975	CJ	152152
24	Maryland	State Court Administrator	1955	CJ	234662
25	Massachusetts	Chief Justice for Administration & Management	1978	SC	220160
26	Michigan	State Court Administrator	1952	SC	204589
27	Minnesota	State Court Administrator	1963	SC	220514
28	Mississippi	Court Administrator	1974	SC	118000
29	Missouri	State Courts Administrator	1970	SC	156635
30	Montana	State Court Administrator	1975	SC	120548
31	Nebraska	State Court Administrator	1972	CJ	200206
32	Nevada	Director, Office of Court Administration	1971	SC	159930
33	New Hampshire	Director of the Administrative Office of the Court	1980	SC	144222
34	New Jersey	Administrative Director of the Courts	1948	CJ	211319
35	New Mexico	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1959	SC	191683
36	New York	Chief Administrator of the Courts	1978	CJ	227800
37	North Carolina	Director, Administrative Office of the Courts	1965	CJ	165153
38	North Dakota	Court Administrator	1971	CJ	172755
39	Ohio	Administrative Director of the Courts	1955	SC	182478
40	Oklahoma	Administrative Director of the Courts	1967	SC	164339
41	Oregon	Court Administrator	1971	SC	227268
42	Pennsylvania	Court Administrator	1968	SC	230974
44	Rhode Island	State Court Administrator	1969	CJ	190613
45	South Carolina	Director of Court Administration	1973	CJ	195102
46	South Dakota	State Court Administrator	1974	SC	174448
47	Tennessee	Director	1963	SC	211860
48	Texas	Administrative Director of the Courts	1977	SC	211500
49	Utah	Court Administrator	1973	SC	203700
50	Vermont	Court Administrator	1967	SC	184771
51	Virginia	Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court	1952	SC	230400
53	Washington	Administrator for the Courts	1957	SC	226740
54	West Virginia	Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals	1975	SC	137250
55	Wisconsin	Director of State Courts	1978	SC	174366
56	Wyoming	Court Coordinator	1974	SC	141667
11	Dist. of Columbia	Executive Officer, Courts of D.C.	1971	(d)	232600
60	American Samoa	Administrator/Comptroller	NA	NA	67375
66	Guam	Administrative Director of Superior Court	NA	CJ	138147
69	CNMI*	Director of Courts	NA	NA	85000
72	Puerto Rico	Administrative Director of the Courts	1952	CJ	114000
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Court/Administrative Clerk	NA	NA	147704

Source:

National Center for State Courts, July 1, 2023.

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.
NA	—	Not available.
NR	—	No Response.

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.