Florida / State Courts System / Hearing Officer
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
42 employees hold this title in State Courts System. Median total compensation for the role is $99,966, above the department median of $66,624.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 42 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 570 people — is $115,920. State Courts System pays a median base salary of $101,443 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 31st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows State Courts System’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 16,370 people — is $117,860. State Courts System’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 39th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Florida range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 41 of 42 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at State Courts System is $99,966, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Hearing Officer is held in 2 Florida departments. In State Courts System, the median of $99,966 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Hearing Officer role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Florida, the median of $102,221 ranks #1 of 8. See Hearing Officer across all of Florida →
Median total compensation for comparable Hearing Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Hearing Officer/State Courts System
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Howard Atkin works as a Hearing Officer for State Courts System within Pgm: CT Oper/Circuit Cts. They have served since 2019 (about 7 years) as a salaried employee. Howard earned $50,721 in 2026.
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Payroll for Christopher Ferry (Hearing Officer, State Courts System) may cover more than one person; together they account for $49,244 in 2026.
Hearing Officer/State Courts System
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Christine Bruno holds the role of Hearing Officer at State Courts System within Pgm: CT Oper/Circuit Cts. Hired in 2025, they have about a year of service as a salaried employee. In 2026, their total compensation was $49,244.
Hearing Officer/State Courts System
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At State Courts System, Melissa Dayan serves as a Hearing Officer within Pgm: CT Oper/Circuit Cts. Hired in 2004, they have about 22 years of service, working salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $49,244.