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The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal appellate court. Its members are commonly called justices. The following table lists annual salary increases for the justices from 1789 to present.
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges.To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and have served at least 10 years, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. [1]
An associate justice who leaves the Supreme Court after attaining the age and meeting the service requirements prescribed by federal statute (28 U.S.C. § 371) may retire rather than resign. After retirement, they keep their title, and by custom may also keep a set of chambers in the Supreme Court building, and employ law clerks.
The salaries of Supreme Court justices are set by Congress. At the time of her confirmation in 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor earned $93,000 per year as an associate justice.
How Oregon Supreme Court justices' salaries compare to other states. Oregon's Supreme Court chief justice is paid $191,784. That salary is set to increase to $204,348 in January of 2025.
In January, Justice Stephen Breyer announced he would be stepping down from his position on the U.S. Supreme Court when the current term ended June 30. That was Breyer's last day on the bench, as...
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Sixteen Supreme Court justices have served past their 80th birthday; 65 have served past their 70th. There’s no actuarial reason to assume that Thomas, Alito, Roberts or Sotomayor would have a ...