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California salaries and budgets
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State judicial budget
Annual budget: $5,254,030,000
Supreme Court
Associate Justices: $298,721[1]
Intermediate Appellate Court
Judges: $280,052[2]
Other states


The California Judicial System had a budget of $5,254,030,000 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Data by year

Fiscal Year Court budget
2026 $5,254,030,000[3]
2025 $5,085,641,000[4]
2024 $5,191,007,000[5]
2023 $5,636,549,000[6]
2022 $5,252,322,000[7]
2021 $4,972,598,000[8]
2020 $4,261,184,000[9]
2019 $5,190,818,000[10]
2018 $3,674,349,000[11]
2017 $4,064,137,000[12]
2016 $3,682,174,000[13]
2015 $3,619,048,000[14]
2014 $3,975,565,000[15]
2013 $3,929,728,000[16]
2012 $4,925,171,000[17]

See also

California Judicial Selection More Courts
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Courts in California
California Courts of Appeal
California Supreme Court
Elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017
Gubernatorial appointments
Judicial selection in California
Federal courts
State courts
Local courts

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
  2. ↑ The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
  3. ↑ California Budget, "2025-26 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 23, 2025
  4. ↑ California Budget, "2024-25 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 9, 2024
  5. ↑ California Budget, "2023-24 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed December 6, 2023
  6. ↑ California Budget, "2022-23 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  7. ↑ California Budget, "2021-22 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  8. ↑ California Budget, "2020-21 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  9. ↑ California Budget, "2019-20 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  10. ↑ California Budget, "2018-19 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  11. ↑ California Budget, "2017-18 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  12. ↑ California Budget, "2016-17 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  13. ↑ California Budget, "2015-16 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  14. ↑ California Budget, "2014-15 Budget - Judicial Branch," accessed October 10, 2022
  15. ↑ California Budget, "Enacted Budget Detail 2013-14 - Judicial Branch," accessed September 30, 2014
  16. ↑ California Budget, "Enacted Budget Detail 2012-13 - Judicial Branch," accessed September 30, 2014
  17. ↑ California Budget, "Enacted Budget Detail 2011-12 - Judicial Branch," accessed September 30, 2014

California courts

Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California

State courts:

California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts

State resources:

Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California

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