Georgia / Superior Court Judge
Role across Georgia
Superior Court Judge
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
237 people hold the Superior Court Judge role across 3 departments in Georgia, with a median total compensation of $144,790. Among 2 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Georgia ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 237
- Median pay
- $144,790
- Departments
- 3
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 2
Compared with the local labor market
Superior Court Judge pay vs. Georgia
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates — about 1,190 people — is $133,660. Georgia pays a median base salary of $144,790 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 63rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Georgia sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates — about 24,030 people — is $153,990. Georgia’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 47th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 235 of 237 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 Georgia is $144,790, 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 jurisdictions
Superior Court Judge pay in other jurisdictions
Where Superior Court Judges are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Superior Court Judgeroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Georgia
Departments with this role
Largest Georgia departments for this role
Departments in Georgiaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.