Salaries Of Supreme Court Justices 2018
Douglas s 36 years 211 days to the 163 day tenure of thomas johnson as of november 3 2020 the length of service for the nine incumbent justices ranges from clarence thomas 29 years 11 days to amy.
Salaries of supreme court justices 2018. A december 2018 executive order set these rates of pay for 2019 but a proposal to implement a further pay freeze on senior level executive branch employees may overide the increase set for the vice president and pending fy 2019 appropriations may allow for a requested increase in salaries for supreme court justices. The biggest jump an additional 3 700 was recorded from 2017 to 2018 as well as 2018 to 2019. This is an increase of 3 700 from the chief justice s 2017 salary of 263 800. The united states supreme court is the highest federal appellate court.
For 2020 the annual salary for associate justices is 265 600 and chief justice john roberts earns 277 700. 255 300 january 1 2019. 246 800 january 1 2016. October 1 2018 8 43 pm.
249 300 january 1 2017. The salary for the remaining eight associate justices is 255 300. Its members are commonly called justices. But a six figure salary is just a small part of the financial picture for supreme court justices most of whom have a net worth in the millions.
251 800 january 1 2018. As of january 1 2018 the chief justice of the supreme court earns a salary of 267 00 per year and the associate justices earn 255 300 per year. The year 2020 set another level of salary of supreme court justices at 277 700. These salaries usually increase by 2 000 3 000 each year.
The law sets the annual supreme court justice salary. A supreme court judge who chooses to retire at 70 with 10 years of service or age 65 with 15 years of service is eligible to receive his entire ending salary each year for the rest of his life. The associate justices earn 3 500 more in 2018 than in 2017 when they received 251 800. In 2018 the chief justice s annual salary is 267 000.
Since the supreme court was established in 1789 115 people have served on the court. In the history of the court there has only been one justice who was impeached samuel chase in. Congress can remove a supreme court justice if he or she is impeached. A seat on the.