Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers · SOC 23-1021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 67 metro areas

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Tallahassee, FL	$177,150	60	0.3
2	Kansas City, MO-KS	$164,530	60	0.1
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$151,990	660	0.2
4	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$144,660	120	0.6
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$140,050	40	0.0
6	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$139,240	50	0.1
7	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$138,260	40	0.0
8	Toledo, OH	$134,930	30	0.1
9	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$132,250	40	0.0
10	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$131,660	130	0.2
11	Cleveland, OH	$131,440	110	0.1
12	St. Louis, MO-IL	$131,160	80	0.1
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$130,960	1,230	0.1
14	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$130,940	260	0.2
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$130,270	180	0.1
16	Jacksonville, FL	$129,960	30	0.0
17	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$127,860	150	0.1
18	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$127,480	70	0.2
19	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$127,420	30	0.1
20	Roanoke, VA	$126,440	50	0.3
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$126,360	120	0.1
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$126,010	150	0.0
23	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$124,530	70	0.2
24	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$124,400	420	0.1
25	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$123,240	240	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.