State comparison · 2025
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Massachusetts earn a median of $221,710. In Maine, $161,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Median
- $161,470
- p25
- $121,120
- p75
- $161,470
- p10
- $55,760
- p90
- $165,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.