State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Kentucky, $150,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 32.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.1%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $150,650
- p25
- $141,750
- p75
- $156,550
- p10
- $98,230
- p90
- $156,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.