Louisiana judges fare about average in terms of salary compared with the rest of the country and other Southern states, reports Louisiana Illuminator.
A new report from the nonprofit Public Affairs Research Council examined data from the National Center for State Courts and found that the average pay for judges across Louisiana state courts is $170,629, and it increases along with court type.
The research involves pay for state judges but doesn’t factor in the supplemental compensation some receive in Louisiana and other states. Judges from family court, juvenile court, parish court, city court and other types of specialty courts were not part of the analysis.
South Carolina has the highest paid judges in the South, with average salaries on the district, appellate and Supreme Court levels all over $200,000. The lowest paid are in North Carolina, where average salaries range from $152,188 to $167,807.
