MARYLAND JUDICIARY | SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL COMPENSATION
National Comparison:
The chart below highlights how Maryland’s current national rankings have changed vs. those that were reported in the 2017 survey with 1 being highest and 51 lowest.
National, No Cost-of-Living Factor
Chief Judge, Highest Appellate
Judge, Highest Appellate
Judge, Intermediate Appellate
General Jurisdiction Judge
Date
01/01/2017
11
14
19
22
07/01/2021
13
17
18
21
Variance
-2
-3
+1
+1
As indicated above, Maryland lost ground in two (2) of the four (4) judicial classifications and grained ground in two (2) of the four (4) judicial classifications.
National, Cost-of-Living Factor
Chief Judge, Highest Appellate
Judge, Highest Appellate
Judge, Intermediate Appellate
General Jurisdiction Judge
Date
01/01/2017
21
32
32
37
07/01/2021
29
37
37
43
Variance
-8
-5
-5
-6
As indicated above, when the cost-of-living factor is applied, Maryland lost ground in all four (4) of the judicial classifications. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals is paid in the bottom half of highest appellate court chief judges nationally. The other national classifications for Maryland judges range from the bottom twenty-eight percent to the bottom eight percent. A Maryland General Jurisdiction Judge, the lowest nationally ranked judge classification in Maryland, when adjusted for cost-of-living, dropped six (6) rankings and now ranks 43rd when compared to other states and the District of Columbia:
National Rank
State
COLF
Salary w/ COLF
Illinois
1
100
$216,297
Tennessee
2
92.2
$201,759
South Carolina
3
98.6
$199,554
Arkansas
4
90.4
$193,387
New York
5
112.4
$187,674
Georgia
6
93.4
$186,047
Pennsylvania
7
102.2
$182,669
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