Pennsylvania Code
Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part VII - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS
Chapter 211 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND JUDICIAL SALARIES
Section 211.2 - Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2024

Universal Citation: 204 PA Code ยง 211.2

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2024 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 $253,361.

(2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $260,734.

(b) Superior Court.

(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $239,059.

(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $246,428.

(c) Commonwealth Court.

(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $239,059.

(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $246,428.

(d) Courts of common pleas.

(1) The annual salary of a judge of the court of common pleas shall be $219,933.

(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, $223,618.

(ii) Philadelphia County, $224,356.

(iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges, $221,850.

(iv) Judicial districts having five or fewer judges, $220,892.

(v) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with six or more judges, $221,850.

(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with five or fewer judges, $220,892.

(vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with six or more judges, $221,850.

(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with five or fewer judges, $220,892.

(e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.

(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $214,844.

(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $218,163.

(g) Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $109,973.

(h) Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $683 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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