State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Idaho, $172,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $172,920
- p25
- $133,750
- p75
- $226,260
- p10
- $79,180
- p90
- $226,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.