Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS [ 204 PA. CODE CH. 211 ] Judicial Salaries [44 Pa.B. 7514]
[Saturday, December 6, 2014]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 2014, was 1.6 percent (1.6%). (See U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Thursday, November 20, 2014).
§ 211.2. Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2015.
The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2015 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 $203,409.
(2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $209,329.
(b) Superior Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $191,926.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $197,844.
(c) Commonwealth Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $191,926.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $197,844.
(d) Courts of Common Pleas.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Court of Common Pleas shall be $176,572.
(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, $179,532.
(ii) Philadelphia County, $180,124.
(iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges, $178,111.
(iv) Judicial districts having one to five judges, $177,342.
(v) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of six or more judges, $178,111.
(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of five or less judges, $177,342.
(vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of six or more judges, $178,111.
(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of five or less judges, $177,342.
(e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $172,486.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $175,151.
(f) Philadelphia Municipal Court—Traffic Division.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $92,788.
(g) Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $88,290.
(h) Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $545 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. 14-2500. Filed for public inspection December 5, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
