The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, will be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor.

1. (a) Supreme Court.

   1. (1) The annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be $270,622.
   2. (2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $278,496.

2. (b) Superior Court.

   1. (1) The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $255,346.
   2. (2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $263,216.

3. (c) Commonwealth Court.

   1. (1) The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $255,346.
   2. (2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $263,216.

4. (d) Courts of common pleas.

   1. (1) The annual salary of a judge of the court of common pleas shall be $234,916.

   2. (2) The annual salaries of the president judges of the courts of common pleas shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

      1. (i) Allegheny County, $238,853.
      2. (ii) Philadelphia County, $239,641.
      3. (iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges, $236,963.
      4. (iv) Judicial districts having five or fewer judges, $235,941.
      5. (v) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with six or more judges, $236,963.
      6. (vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with five or fewer judges, $235,941.
      7. (vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with six or more judges, $236,963.
      8. (viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with five or fewer judges, $235,941.

5. (e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.

   1. (1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $229,480.
   2. (2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $233,026.
   3. (g) Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $117,466.
   4. (h) Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $731 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.

Source

The provisions of this § 211.2 adopted November 20, 1996, effective January 1, 1997, 26 Pa.B. 5881; amended November 5, 1997, effective January 1, 1998, 27 Pa.B. 6074; amended November 19, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 5866; amended December 13, 1999, effective January 1, 2000, 29 Pa.B. 6453; amended November 29, 2000, effective January 1, 2001, 30 Pa.B. 6420; amended November 29, 2001, effective January 1, 2002, 31 Pa.B. 6783; amended November 27, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 6075; amended December 4, 2003, effective January 1, 2004, 33 Pa.B. 6208; amended December 8, 2004, effective January 1, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6645; amended December 5, 2005, effective January 1, 2006, 35 Pa.B. 6746; amended December 29, 2006, effective January 1, 2007, 36 Pa.B. 7955; amended December 21, 2007, effective January 1, 2008, 37 Pa.B. 6742; amended December 26, 2009, effective January 1, 2010, 39 Pa.B. 7184; amended December 25, 2010, effective January 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 January 1, 2012, 41 Pa.B. 6875; amended December 7, 2012, effective January 1, 2013, 42 Pa.B. 7404; amended December 14, 2013, effective January 1, 2014, 43 Pa.B. 7224; amended December 6, 2014, effective January 1, 2015, 44 Pa.B. 7514; amended December 5, 2015, effective January 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 6880; amended December 10, 2016, effective January 1, 2017, 46 Pa.B. 7620; amended December 15, 2017, effective January 1, 2018, 47 Pa.B. 7557; amended December 14, 2018, effective January 1, 2019, 48 Pa.B. 7624; amended November 22, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, 49 Pa.B. 6942; amended December 4, 2020, effective January 1, 2021, 50 Pa.B. 6858; amended November 24, 2021, effective January 1, 2022, 51 Pa.B. 7341; amended November 25, 2022, effective January 1, 2023, 52 Pa.B. 7252; amended December 1, 2023, effective January 1, 2024, 53 Pa.B. 7359; amended November 29, 2024, effective January 1, 2025, 54 Pa.B. 7667; amended December 12, 2025, effective January 1, 2026, 55 Pa.B. 8352. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (421460) to (421461).