Section 211.2. Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2016

The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2016 will not be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor. The following salaries that became effective January 1, 2015 will remain in effect:

(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.

The provisions of this § 211.2 adopted November 20, 1996, effective January 1, 1997, 26 Pa.B. 5881; amended November 5, 1997, effective January 1, 1998, 27 Pa.B. 6074; amended November 19, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 5866; amended December 13, 1999, effective January 1, 2000, 29 Pa.B. 6453; amended November 29, 2000, effective January 1, 2001, 30 Pa.B. 6420; amended November 29, 2001, effective January 1, 2002, 31 Pa.B. 6783; amended November 27, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 6075; amended December 4, 2003, effective January 1, 2004, 33 Pa.B. 6208; amended December 8, 2004, effective January 1, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6645; amended December 5, 2005, effective January 1, 2006, 35 Pa.B. 6746; amended December 29, 2006, effective January 1, 2007, 36 Pa.B. 7955; amended December 21, 2007, effective January 1, 2008, 37 Pa.B. 6742; amended December 26, 2009, effective January 1, 2010, 39 Pa.B. 7184; amended December 25, 2010, effective January 1, 2011, 40 Pa.B. 7334; text regarding Consumer Price Index restated at 204 Pa. Code § 211.1a, April 9, 2011, 41 Pa.B. 1894; amended December 24, 2011, effective January 1, 2012, 41 Pa.B. 6875; amended December 7, 2012, effective January 1, 2013, 42 Pa.B. 7404; amended December 14, 2013, effective January 1, 2014, 43 Pa.B. 7224; amended December 6, 2014, effective January 1, 2015, 44 Pa.B. 7514; amended December 5, 2015, effective January 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 6880. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (375183) to (375185).