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Colorado court salaries and budgets
| Colorado salaries and budgets | |||
| State judicial budget | |||
| Annual budget: $1,151,752,648 | |||
| Supreme Court | |||
| Associate Justices: $221,302[1] | |||
| Intermediate Appellate Court | |||
| Judges: $212,535[2] | |||
| Other states | |||
The Colorado Judicial System had a budget of $1,151,752,648 for fiscal year 2026.
Data by year
| Fiscal Year | Court budget |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1,151,752,648[3] |
| 2025 | $1,098,610,348[4] |
| 2024 | $1,010,943,232[5] |
| 2023 | $908,505,850[6] |
| 2022 | $850,125,537[7] |
| 2021 | $827,340,205[8] |
| 2020 | $828,444,020[9] |
| 2019 | $754,037,172[10] |
| 2018 | $710,314,244[11] |
| 2017 | $690,115,303[12] |
| 2016 | $674,482,707[13] |
| 2015 | $606,373,925[14][15] |
| 2014 | $546,480,115[16] |
| 2013 | $502,529,529[17][18] |
| 2012 | $479,194,207[19] |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
- ↑ The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Appropriations Report Fiscal Year 2025-26," accessed October 23, 2025
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Appropriations Report Fiscal Year 2024-25," accessed October 9, 2024
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Appropriations Report Fiscal Year 2023-24," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Bill 22-1329," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Senate Bill 21-205," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Bill 20-1360," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Senate Bill 19-207," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Bill 18-1322," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "SB17-254," accessed September 19, 2017
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Bill 16-1405," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Appropriations Report: Fiscal Year 2015-16," accessed October 11, 2022
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "HB 14-1336, General Appropriations - Judicial," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia.org, "Colorado state budget," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "SB13-230, General Appropriations - Judicial," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "HB 12-1335 - Judicial," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Summarized History for Bill Number HB12-1335," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Senate Bill 11-209: Judicial Department Appropriations," accessed October 9, 2014 Scroll to pp. 101-102
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