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1.1 Supreme Court. 1.2 Appeals Court. 1.3 ... Federal judge salaries in the United States are determined by the United States Congress and are governed in part by ...
As of 2024, federal judges' annual salaries are: $246,300 for district judges, $257,900 for circuit judges, $298,500 for associate Supreme Court justices, and $312,200 for the Chief Justice of the United States. [5]
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.
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.
The average age of Supreme Court justices at the time of their appointment has remained stable since the late 1700s at about 50 to 55, ... and guaranteeing a lifetime salary. ...
[238] [239] Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Louis Brandeis were the first Supreme Court justices to use recent law school graduates as clerks, rather than hiring "a stenographer-secretary." [240] Most law clerks are recent law school graduates. The first female clerk was Lucile Lomen, hired in 1944 by Justice William O. Douglas. [238]
Commissioners appropriated $690,000 in the salary line item for the court’s 2024 budget while the figure the judges are asking for, which includes the changes made Thursday, is $768,065.
Section 1 is one of the three vesting clauses of the United States Constitution, which vests the judicial power of the United States in federal courts, requires the supreme court, allows inferior courts, requires good behavior tenure for judges, and prohibits decreasing the salaries of judges.