CHAPTER 211. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND
JUDICIAL SALARIES

Sec.

211.1.    [Reserved and Renumbered].
211.1a.    Consumer Price Index—judicial salaries.
211.2.    Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2024.

§ 211.1. [Reserved and Renumbered].

Source

   The provisions of this §  211.1 adopted November 4, 1993, effective November 4, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 5527; amended September 9, 1994, effective September 9, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 4769; amended September 25, 1995, effective September 25, 1995, 25 Pa.B. 4220; amended September 9, 1996, effective September 9, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 4637; amended November 20, 1996, effective January 1, 1997, 26 Pa.B. 5881; corrected January 17, 1997, effective January 1, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 289; amended November 5, 1997, effective January 1, 1998, 27 Pa.B. 6074; amended November 1, 1998, effective January 1, 1999, 28 Pa.B. 3586; amended November 19, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 5866; amended July 7, 1999, effective January 1, 2000; amended June 26, 2000, effective January 1, 2001, 30 Pa.B. 3564; 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 January 29, 2002, effective January 1, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 876; amended September 23, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 4814; amended November 27, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 6075; amended September 11, 2003, 33 Pa.B. 4784; amended December 4, 2003, effective January 1, 2004, 33 Pa.B. 6208; amended October 14, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 5888; amended December 8, 2004, effective January 1, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6645; amended August 29, 2005, effective January 1, 2006, 35 Pa.B. 5092; amended September 18, 2006, effective January 1, 2007, 36 Pa.B. 5966; amended October 3, 2007, effective January 1, 2008, 37 Pa.B. 5594; amended September 23, 2008, effective October 4, 2008, 38 Pa.B. 5422; amended September 25, 2009, effective September 26, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 5543; amended November 17, 2010, effective November 27, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 6777; reserved and renumbered as 204 Pa. Code §  29.401a, April 9, 2011, 41 Pa.B. 1894. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (354845).

§ 211.1a. Consumer Price Index—judicial salaries.

 

   The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania reports that the percentage change in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the 12-month period ending October 2023, was 3.5 percent (3.5%). (See U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Tuesday, November 14, 2023.)

Source

   The provisions of this §  211.1a restated from 204 Pa. Code §  211.2, 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; amended December 10, 2016, effective January 1, 2017, 46 Pa.B. 7620; amended December 15, 2017, effective January 1, 2018, 47 Pa.B. 7557; amended December 14, 2018, effective January 1, 2019, 48 Pa.B. 7624; amended November 22, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, 49 Pa.B. 6942; amended December 4, 2020, effective January 1, 2021, 50 Pa.B. 6858; amended November 24, 2021, effective January 1, 2022, 51 Pa.B. 7341; amended November 25, 2022, effective January 1, 2023, 52 Pa.B. 7252; amended December 1, 2023, effective January 1, 2024, 53 Pa.B. 7359. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (411877).

§ 211.2. Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2024.

 The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2024 will be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor.

 (a)  Supreme Court.

   (1)  The annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be $253,361.

   (2)  The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $260,734.

 (b)  Superior Court.

   (1)  The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $239,059.

   (2)  The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $246,428.

 (c)  Commonwealth Court.

   (1)  The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $239,059.

   (2)  The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $246,428.

 (d)  Courts of common pleas.

   (1)  The annual salary of a judge of the court of common pleas shall be $219,933.

   (2)  The annual salaries of the president judges of the courts of common pleas shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

     (i)   Allegheny County, $223,618.

     (ii)   Philadelphia County, $224,356.

     (iii)   Judicial districts having six or more judges, $221,850.

     (iv)   Judicial districts having five or fewer judges, $220,892.

     (v)   Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with six or more judges, $221,850.

     (vi)   Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with five or fewer judges, $220,892.

     (vii)   Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with six or more judges, $221,850.

     (viii)   Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with five or fewer judges, $220,892.

 (e)  Philadelphia Municipal Court.

   (1)  The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $214,844.

   (2)  The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $218,163.

 (g)  Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $109,973.

 (h)  Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §  4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $683 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.

Source

   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; amended December 10, 2016, effective January 1, 2017, 46 Pa.B. 7620; amended December 15, 2017, effective January 1, 2018, 47 Pa.B. 7557; amended December 14, 2018, effective January 1, 2019, 48 Pa.B. 7624; amended November 22, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, 49 Pa.B. 6942; amended December 4, 2020, effective January 1, 2021, 50 Pa.B. 6858; amended November 24, 2021, effective January 1, 2022, 51 Pa.B. 7341; amended November 25, 2022, effective January 1, 2023, 52 Pa.B. 7252; amended December 1, 2023, effective January 1, 2024, 53 Pa.B. 7359. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (411877) to (411879).

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