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State comparison · 2025

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts

Occupation

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
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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
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.