History of the Federal Judiciary

Judicial Salaries

Supreme Court Justices

Year	Chief Justice	Associate Justices
1789	$4,000	$3,500
1819	$5,000	$4,500
1855	$6,500	$6,000
1863			Justice assigned to the Tenth Circuit granted $1,000 additional compensation for travel (repealed in 1866)
1871	$8,500	$8,000
1873	$10,500	$10,000
1903	$13,000	$12,500
1911	$15,000	$14,500
1926	$20,500	$20,000
1946	$25,500	$25,000
1955	$35,500	$35,000
1964	$40,000	$39,500
1969	$62,500	$60,000
1975	$65,600	$63,000
1976	$68,800	$66,000
1977	$75,000	$72,000
1978	$79,100	$76,000
1979	$84,700	$81,300
1980	$92,400	$88,700
1981	$96,800	$93,000
1982	$100,700	$96,700
1984	$104,700	$100,600
1985	$108,400	$104,100
1987	$111,700	$107,200
1987	$115,000	$110,000
1990	$124,000	$118,600
1991	$160,600	$153,600
1992	$166,200	$159,000
1993	$171,500	$164,100
1998	$175,400	$167,900
2000	$181,400	$173,600
2001	$186,300	$178,300
2002	$192,600	$184,400
2003	$198,600	$190,100
2004	$203,000	$194,300
2005	$208,100	$199,200
2006	$212,100	$203,000
2008	$217,400	$208,100
2009	$223,500	$213,900