State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Delaware, $131,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.2% — not 40.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.8%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-37.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $131,340
- p25
- $93,490
- p75
- $211,350
- p10
- $93,490
- p90
- $211,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.