State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Kansas, $148,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.8%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $148,910
- p25
- $76,590
- p75
- $148,910
- p10
- $76,590
- p90
- $163,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.