Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 16, April 20, 2024
Section 211.2 - Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2024The 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.The provisions of this § 211.2 adopted November 20, 1996, effective 1/1/1997, 26 Pa.B. 5881; amended November 5, 1997, effective 1/1/1998, 27 Pa.B. 6074; amended November 19, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 5866; amended December 13, 1999, effective 1/1/2000, 29 Pa.B. 6453; amended November 29, 2000, effective 1/1/2001, 30 Pa.B. 6420; amended November 29, 2001, effective 1/1/2002, 31 Pa.B. 6783; amended November 27, 2002, effective 1/1/2003, 32 Pa.B. 6075; amended December 4, 2003, effective 1/1/2004, 33 Pa.B. 6208; amended December 8, 2004, effective 1/1/2005, 34 Pa.B. 6645; amended December 5, 2005, effective 1/1/2006, 35 Pa.B. 6746; amended December 29, 2006, effective 1/1/2007, 36 Pa.B. 7955; amended December 21, 2007, effective 1/1/2008, 37 Pa.B. 6742; amended December 26, 2009, effective 1/1/2010, 39 Pa.B. 7184; amended December 25, 2010, effective 1/1/2011, 40 Pa.B. 7334; text regarding Consumer Price Index restated at 204 Pa. Code § 211.1a, April 9, 2011, 41 Pa.B. 1894; amended December 24, 2011, effective 1/1/2012, 41 Pa.B. 6875; amended December 7, 2012, effective 1/1/2013, 42 Pa.B. 7404; amended December 14, 2013, effective 1/1/2014, 43 Pa.B. 7224; amended December 6, 2014, effective 1/1/2015, 44 Pa.B. 7514; amended December 5, 2015, effective 1/1/2016, 45 Pa.B. 6880; amended December 10, 2016, effective 1/1/2017, 46 Pa.B. 7620; amended December 15, 2017, effective 1/1/2018, 47 Pa.B. 7557; amended December 14, 2018, effective 1/1/2019, 48 Pa.B. 7624; amended November 22, 2019, effective 1/1/2020, 49 Pa.B. 6942; amended December 4, 2020, effective 1/1/2021, 50 Pa.B. 6858; amended November 24, 2021, effective 1/1/2022, 51 Pa.B. 7341; amended November 25, 2022, effective 1/1/2023, 52 Pa.B. 7252.Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 48. December 2, 2023, effective 12/2/2023