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Highest-paying States for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

The highest-paying states for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $178,200, Nebraska is the highest paying state for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers. It is followed by Indiana (average annual salary $143,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers (2022 Survey)

Rank State Average Salary i Entry Level
Salary i
# of
Empl. i
1 Nebraska
$178,200
$110,090 30
2 Indiana
$143,760
$58,760 70
3 California
$138,420
$83,220 1,630
4 Massachusetts
$133,810
$86,390 180
5 Rhode Island
$119,720
$94,830 30
6 Wisconsin
$114,940
$105,080 30
7 Michigan
$112,200
$83,390 280
8 New Jersey
$111,800
$85,060 270
9 Maryland
$111,470
$62,400 350
10 Colorado
$110,970
$69,970 180
11 New York
$109,470
$84,310 1,150
12 Kansas
$109,350
$80,110 40
13 Alaska
$108,530
$68,640 30
14 Alabama
$106,950
$39,240 30
15 Iowa
$105,390
$73,300 70
16 Missouri
$105,100
$53,790 70
17 Minnesota
$104,000
$66,870 100
18 Washington
$103,080
$81,110 290
19 North Dakota
$102,310
$56,740 40
20 Florida
$97,450
$42,640 410
21 Hawaii
$96,600
$65,570 50
22 Arizona
$93,300
$55,770 240
23 Utah
$91,850
$43,310 150
24 Texas
$91,770
$41,200 990
25 Illinois
$88,210
$46,130 460
26 North Carolina
$85,780
$68,030 200
27 Pennsylvania
$85,470
$56,310 700
28 West Virginia
$85,400
$40,880 100
29 Connecticut
$81,520
$70,460 300
30 Mississippi
$80,110
$36,570 80
31 Louisiana
$79,350
$19,810 140
32 Puerto Rico
$75,110
$59,080 30
33 Virginia
$74,940
$40,000 510
34 Nevada
$72,590
$47,010 140
35 Oregon
$72,090
$49,460 480
36 Oklahoma
$70,360
$53,810 100
37 Montana
$68,330
$23,280 80
38 Vermont
$68,270
$50,340 40
39 Tennessee
$63,050
$40,730 280
40 New Hampshire
$62,550
$48,380 140
41 Ohio
$61,530
$46,070 340
42 South Carolina
$61,480
$46,990 100
43 Arkansas
$57,460
$40,000 320
44 New Mexico
$56,890
$40,980 180
45 Maine
$54,640
$42,560 120
46 Delaware
$53,940
$35,770 70
47 Idaho
$52,270
$43,280 80
48 Georgia
$51,890
$38,930 390
49 Kentucky
$41,400
$34,240 300

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in those states is not available at this time.

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