State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Kansas vs Rhode Island
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Rhode Island earn a median of $239,760. In Kansas, $148,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Kansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-29.5%
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
Rhode Island
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $239,760
- p25
- $214,990
- p75
- $254,950
- p10
- $81,690
- p90
- $271,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.