State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Colorado, $198,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $198,790
- p25
- $170,080
- p75
- $198,790
- p10
- $170,080
- p90
- $219,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $221,710
- p25
- $186,170
- p75
- $221,710
- p10
- $155,450
- p90
- $221,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.