State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Indiana, $183,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $183,000
- p25
- $146,400
- p75
- $183,000
- p10
- $58,960
- p90
- $183,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.