Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS [ 204 PA. CODE CH. 211 ] Judicial Salaries [41 Pa.B. 6875]
[Saturday, December 24, 2011]Annex A TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS CHAPTER 211. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND JUDICIAL SALARIES § 211.1a. Consumer Price Index—judicial salaries.
The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania reports that the percentage change in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the 12-month period ending October 2011, was 3.0 percent (3.0%). (See U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Wednesday, November 16, 2011).
§ 211.2. Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2012.
The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2012 will be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor as follows:
(a) Supreme Court.
(1) The annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be $195,309.
(2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $200,993.
(b) Superior Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $184,282.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $189,965.
(c) Commonwealth Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $184,282.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $189,965.
(d) Courts of common pleas.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the court of common pleas shall be $169,541.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(i) Allegheny County, $172,382.
(ii) Philadelphia County, $172,951.
(iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges, $171,018.
(iv) Judicial districts having one to five judges, $170,279.
(v) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of six or more judges, $171,018.
(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of five or less judges, $170,279.
(vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of six or more judges, $171,018.
(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of five or less judges, $170,279.
(e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $165,617.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $168,176.
(f) Philadelphia Traffic Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $89,091.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $89,830.
(g) Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $84,773.
(h) Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $522 per day. In any calendar year the amount of compensation which a senior judge shall be permitted to earn as a senior judge shall not when added to retirement income paid by the Commonwealth for such senior judge exceed the compensation payable by the Commonwealth to a judge then in regular active service on the court from which said senior judge retired. A senior judge who so elects may serve without being paid all or any portion of the compensation provided by this section.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-2180. Filed for public inspection December 23, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
