History of the Federal Judiciary


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Justice assigned to the Tenth Circuit granted $1,000 additional compensation for travel (repealed in 1866)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

 

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