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Judicial Salary Survey

VA Region: South - State: Virginia

The table below contains the most recent salary data from 2009 for Virginia. The first column lists the “Reporting Periods,” which are the dates NCSC uses as cutoff deadlines for the Survey of Judicial Salaries (link to most recent edition). Some states may be reporting more current data than others, but this page contains the most recently verified data in our database. Virginia’s rank among all 50 states and the District of Columbia is listed in the 4th (or 5th) column.


Reporting Date Position Court Name Salary Rank Salary Min. Salary Max. Last Updated Notes
1/1/2009  Other Judicial Positions  Limited and Special  $142,329  1  $0  $0  11/24/2008  Only about half of the judges accepted the increase. 
1/1/2009  Other Judicial Positions  Limited and Special  $142,329  1  $0  $0  11/24/2008  Only about half of the judges accepted the increase. 
1/1/2009  General Jurisdiction Judges  Appellate and General  $158,134  2  $0  $0  11/24/2008  Only about half of the judges accepted the increase. 
1/1/2009  IAC Presiding Judges  Appellate and General  $161,650  3  $0  $0  11/24/2007  Plus a travel allowance of $6,500. Chief Judge did not accept salary increase in 11/24/2008. 
1/1/2009  State Court Administrators  Appellate and General  $165,149  4  $0  $0  11/24/2007   
1/1/2009  IAC Judges  Appellate and General  $168,322  5  $0  $0  11/24/2008  Only about half of the judges accepted the increase. 
1/1/2009  COLR Chiefs  Appellate and General  $178,043  6  $0  $0  11/24/2007  Plus a travel allowance of $13,500. Chief Justice did not accept salary increase in 11/24/2008. 
1/1/2009  COLR Associate Justices  Appellate and General  $183,839  7  $0  $0  11/24/2008  Only about half of the judges accepted the increase.