How much do Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates make in Utica-Rome, NY?

Percentile spread

For Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates, the published 10th percentile is $168,870 and the 90th percentile is $216,300. The difference is $47,430, which is 26.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $176,500 to the 75th at $214,040, covers $37,540.

The mean annual wage is $177,060, which sits above the median of $176,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Utica-Rome, NY median is 14.6% higher than the national median of $153,990 for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. In 2024 national prices the local median is $190,444, which is 23.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.4% lower than the New York median of $216,390.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Utica-Rome, NY is 92.678, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $176,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates at $190,444 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. Utica-Rome, NY ranks 4th of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Syracuse, NY is 56 miles away, with a median of $172,270 and employment of 120. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $179,931, against $190,444 here.
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 73 miles away, with a median of $172,410 and employment of 150. That median is 2.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $173,162, against $190,444 here.
• Glens Falls, NY is 78 miles away, with a median of $177,840 and employment of 30. That median is 0.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $187,464, against $190,444 here.

Employment share

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Utica-Rome, NY (50 of 118,390). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (24,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.73 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.