Data Snapshot: Delaware Judges Among the Highest-Paid Nationwide
Pay has risen sharply for trial court judges in New York over the past decade, while the D.C. judges have made the most on average for years. But Delaware was one of only a handful of states that ranked in the top 10 nationally this year for trial court judges' pay both before and after cost-of-living adjustments. Meanwhile, Delaware is also among the top dozen states in terms of salary for those serving on its highest court.
March 13, 2019 at 01:20 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has been gathering data on judicial salaries across the country for decades. Earlier this year, it published its latest batch of numbers, showing that while pay has been rising sharply for general jurisdiction judges in New York, the dollar still goes the furthest for those on the bench down in Tennessee.
A Law.com analysis of judicial salary data for state courts of general jurisdiction—also called trial courts, the tier just below the state appellate courts—shows that New York judicial salaries have increased the most compared with other states, growing 52 percent over the past decade. Hawaii was not far behind, with 50 percent growth over the same period. Meanwhile, pay for judges at the same tier in Texas has been flat since 2014.
Going back to NCSC numbers from 1991, the data show that judges in Washington, D.C., have had the highest pay on average. However, according to a ranking that the center compiles based on cost-of-living data from an organization called C2ER, trial court judges in Tennessee have gotten paid the most in real terms for at least the past five years.
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