Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Nassau-Suffolk is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$112,620
25th Percentile Wage
$145,170
50th Percentile Wage
$168,830
75th Percentile Wage
$190,040
90th Percentile Wage
$203,130

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $203,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $168,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $112,620.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$168,830
7.45% 20.65%
2016
$156,250
-1.40% -
2015
$158,430
13.05% -
2014
$137,760
-5.02% -
2013
$144,680
7.41% -
2012
$133,960
- -

Table 2. Compare Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $168,830 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Nassau-Suffolk is 14.0 percent (14.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 16.7 percent (16.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$196,230
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$184,350
Kingston
$183,160
Glens Falls
$181,720
Rochester
$180,710
Binghamton
$179,500
Syracuse
$178,880
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$175,530
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$174,630
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$170,730
Nassau-Suffolk
$168,830
Utica-Rome
$166,860
Watertown-Fort Drum
$162,940
Ithaca
$154,990
Elmira
$154,680
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$152,840
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$151,880
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$146,740
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$142,740
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$140,660