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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates · SOC 23-1023

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$221,710
Median hourly wage$106.59

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $221,710 per year ($106.59 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $155,450 at the 10th percentile to $221,710 at the 90th. BLS estimates 420 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in the Boston metro area earn more than $221,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $186,170 and $221,710.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$155,450$186,170$221,710$221,710$221,710
Hourly$74.74$89.50$106.59$106.59$106.59

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $221,710
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $221,710
  • United Statesnational
    $153,990

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +44% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,930$107,873$168,817$229,760Tuscaloosa, AL — $46,930Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,110Dothan, AL — $48,930Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $55,000Montgomery, AL — $56,630Mobile, AL — $57,160Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $57,220Birmingham, AL — $57,260Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,240Akron, OH — $68,760Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,610Jackson, MS — $78,050Texarkana, TX-AR — $78,630Cleveland, OH — $80,020Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $85,260Florence, SC — $86,860Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $89,990Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $89,990Tucson, AZ — $89,990Roanoke, VA — $91,000Columbia, SC — $94,400New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $95,020Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,120Canton-Massillon, OH — $98,790Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $99,400Charleston, WV — $103,940Charlottesville, VA — $104,000Columbus, OH — $104,000Lynchburg, VA — $104,000Richmond, VA — $104,000Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $104,000Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $104,000Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $104,760Youngstown-Warren, OH — $106,170Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $107,180Chattanooga, TN-GA — $107,670Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $113,440Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $114,120Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $114,120Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $114,400Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $122,750Spartanburg, SC — $122,990Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $124,870Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $132,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $135,180Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $135,430Lubbock, TX — $139,870Corpus Christi, TX — $140,090Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $144,790Gainesville, GA — $144,790San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $145,860Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $146,400Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $147,510Knoxville, TN — $148,580Topeka, KS — $148,910Wichita, KS — $148,910Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $153,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $156,550Fort Wayne, IN — $159,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $161,490Binghamton, NY — $165,900Syracuse, NY — $172,270Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $172,410Boise City, ID — $172,920Tallahassee, FL — $173,370Jacksonville, FL — $173,920Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $174,250Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $174,730Rochester, NY — $174,940Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $175,020Port St. Lucie, FL — $175,430Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $176,450Utica-Rome, NY — $176,500Glens Falls, NY — $177,840Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $178,260Gainesville, FL — $178,950Evansville, IN — $183,000Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $183,000Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $186,580Colorado Springs, CO — $190,230Greeley, CO — $190,230Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $190,690Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $191,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $196,890Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $196,890Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $198,790Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $204,160New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $204,160Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $204,160Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $204,160Lincoln, NE — $208,180Omaha, NE-IA — $208,180Albuquerque, NM — $216,220Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $217,760Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $218,190Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $221,710Longview-Kelso, WA — $228,330Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $229,760

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 98 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Lawyers$183,350Paralegals and Legal Assistants$79,850Judicial Law Clerks$143,350Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers$113,750Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$68,400Legal Support Workers, All Other$78,850

Highest-paying metro areas for judges, magistrate judges, and magistratess · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.