204 Pa. Code § 211.2 - Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2025
The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2025 will be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor.
(a)
Supreme Court.
(1) The annual salary of a justice of the
Supreme Court shall be $261,976.
(2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court shall be $269,599.
(b)
Superior Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the
Superior Court shall be $247,188.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge
of the Superior Court shall be $254,807.
(c)
Commonwealth Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the
Commonwealth Court shall be $247,188.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge
of the Commonwealth Court shall be $254,807.
(d)
Courts of common pleas.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the court
of common pleas shall be $227,411.
(2) The annual salaries of the president
judges of the courts of common pleas shall be in accordance with the following
schedule:
(i) Allegheny County,
$231,222.
(ii) Philadelphia County,
$231,985.
(iii) Judicial districts
having six or more judges, $229,393.
(iv) Judicial districts having five or fewer
judges, $228,403.
(v)
Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of
Philadelphia County with six or more judges, $229,393.
(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions
of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with five or fewer judges,
$228,403.
(vii) Administrative
judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with
six or more judges, $229,393.
(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions
of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with five or fewer judges,
$228,403.
(e)
Philadelphia Municipal Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the
Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $222,149.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge
of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $225,581.
(g)
Magisterial district
judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be
$113,713.
(h)
Senior
judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to
42 Pa.C.S. §
4121
(relating to assignment of judges) shall be $707 per day. In any calendar year
the amount of compensation which a senior judge shall be permitted to earn as a
senior judge shall not when added to retirement income paid by the Commonwealth
for such senior judge exceed the compensation payable by the Commonwealth to a
judge then in regular active service on the court from which said senior judge
retired. A senior judge who so elects may serve without being paid all or any
portion of the compensation provided by this section.
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