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North Dakota court salaries and budgets
| North Dakota salaries and budgets | |||
| State judicial budget | |||
| Annual budget: $76,450,255 | |||
| Supreme Court | |||
| Associate Justices: $207,249[1] | |||
| Intermediate Appellate Court | |||
| Judges: N/A | |||
| Other states | |||
The North Dakota Judicial System had a budget of $152,900,511 for the 2025-2027 biennium. This amounted to an average of $76,450,255 per year. North Dakota enacts budgets for two-year cycles.
Data by year
Fiscal biennium:
- 2025-2027: 152,900,511[2]
- 2023-2025: 131,239,132[3]
- 2021-2023: 113,729,853[4]
- 2019-2021: 110,615,340[4]
- 2017-2019: 105,579,609[5]
- 2015-2017: 107,620,470[5]
- 2013-2015: 100,481,582[6]
- 2011-2013: 85,664,636[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
- ↑ North Dakota Legislature, "69th Legislative Assembly State Budget Actions for the 2025-27 Biennium," accessed October 23, 2025
- ↑ North Dakota Legislature, "68th Legislative Assembly State Budget Actions for the 2023-25 Biennium," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 North Dakota Legislature, "67th Legislative Assembly State Budget Actions for the 2021-23 Biennium," accessed October 17, 2022
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 North Dakota Legislature, "65th Legislative Assembly State Budget Actions for the 2017-19 Biennium," accessed October 17, 2022
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 North Dakota Legislature, "63rd Legislative Assembly State Budget Actions for the 2013-15 Biennium," accessed October 17, 2022
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of North Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of North Dakota
State courts:
North Dakota Supreme Court • North Dakota Court of Appeals • North Dakota District Courts • North Dakota Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Dakota • North Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Dakota