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Judicial Salaries: Supreme Court Justices

Date Effective
Chief Justice
Associate Justices
 
September 23, 1789
$4,000
$3,500
 
January 1, 1819
$5,000
$4,500
 
March 3, 1855
$6,500
$6,000
 
March 3, 1863
  Justice assigned to the Tenth Circuit granted $1,000 additional compensation for travel (repealed in 1866)
July 1, 1871
$8,500
$8,000
 
March 4, 1873
$10,500
$10,000
 
March 1, 1903
$13,000
$12,500
 
June 1, 1911
$15,000
$14,500
 
January 1, 1927
$20,500
$20,000
 
August 1, 1946
$25,500
$25,000
 
March 1,1955
$35,500
$35,000
 
July 1, 1964
$40,000
$39,500
 
March 1, 1969
$62,500
$60,000
 
October 1, 1975
$65,600
$63,000
 
October 1, 1976
$68,800
$66,000
 
March 1, 1977
$75,000
$72,000
 
October 1, 1979
$84,700
$81,300
 
October 1, 1980
$92,400
$88,700
 
October 1, 1981
$96,800
$93,000
 
October 1, 1982
$100,700
$96,700
 
January 1, 1984
$104,700
$100,600
 
January 1, 1985
$108,400
$104,100
 
January 1, 1987
$111,700
$107,200
 
March 1, 1987
$115,000
$110,000
 
February 1, 1990
$124,000
$118,600
 
January 1, 1991
$160,600
$153,600
 
January 1, 1992
$166,200
$159,000
 
January 1, 1993
$171,500
$164,100
 
January 1, 1998
$175,400
$167,900
 
January 1, 2000
$181,400
$173,600
 
January 1, 2001
$186,300
$178,300
 
January 1, 2002
$192,600
$184,400
 
January 1, 2003
$198,600
$190,100
 
January 1, 2004
$203,000
$194,300
 
January 1, 2005
$208,100
$199,200
 
January 1, 2006
$212,100
$203,000
 
January 1, 2008
$217,400
$208,100
 
January 1, 2009
$223,500
$213,900
 
January 1, 2014
$255,500
$244,400
 
January 1, 2015$258,100$246,800 
January 1, 2016$260,700$249,300 
January 1, 2017$263,300$251,800 
January 1, 2018$267,000$255,300 
January 1, 2019$270,700$258,900 
January 1, 2020$277,700$265,600 
January 1, 2021$280,500$268,300 
January 1, 2022$286,700$274,200 
January 1, 2023$298,500$285,400 
January 1, 2024$312,200$298,500 
January 1, 2025$317,500$303,600 
January 1, 2026$320,700$306,600