History of the Federal Judiciary


History of the Federal Judiciary


  Judicial Salaries
U.S. Bankruptcy Judges
Date Effective
Annual Salary
November 6, 1978
$50,000
October 1, 1979
$53,500
January 1, 1982
$58,500
December 18, 1982
$63,600
January 1, 1984
$66,100
January 1, 1985
$68,400
January 1, 1987
$70,500
March 1, 1987
$72,500
October 1, 1988
Henceforth bankruptcy judges receive a salary of 92 percent of the salary of district judges.


 

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