South Carolina court salaries and budgets
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| South Carolina salaries and budgets | |||
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| State judicial budget | |||
| Annual budget: $132,824,877 | |||
| Supreme Court | |||
| Associate Justices: $233,606[1] | |||
| Intermediate Appellate Court | |||
| Judges: $227,765[2] | |||
| Other states | |||
The South Carolina Judicial System had a budget of $132,824,877 for fiscal year 2026.
Data by year
| Fiscal Year | Court budget |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $132,824,877[3] |
| 2025 | $125,505,208[4] |
| 2024 | $118,978,678[5] |
| 2023 | $111,024,370[6] |
| 2022 | $100,466,403[7] |
| 2021 | $N/A[8] |
| 2020 | $91,608,872[9] |
| 2019 | $80,417,437[10] |
| 2018 | $79,347,276[11] |
| 2017 | $71,100,347[12] |
| 2016 | $70,357,426[13] |
| 2015 | $66,635,937[14] |
| 2014 | $69,444,217[15] |
| 2013 | $68,524,649[16] |
| 2012 | $63,104,729[17] |
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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.
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Appropriations Bill H. 4025," accessed October 23, 2025
- ↑ [https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/appropriations2024/tap1a.htm South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Appropriations Bill H. 5100," accessed October 16, 2024
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Appropriations Bill H. 4300," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Appropriations Bill H. 5150," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Appropriations Bill H. 4100," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ Budget information could not be found for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Appropriations Bill H. 4000," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Appropriations Bill H. 4950," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "2017-2018 General Appropriations Bill South Carolina State Budget Bill H. 3720," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly, "H. 3720 General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2017-2018 As Ratified by the General Assembly - Judicial Department," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "2015-2016 General Appropriations Bill South Carolina State Budget Bill H. 3701," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly, "H. 4701 General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2014-2015 As Ratified by the General Assembly - Judicial Department," accessed October 8, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly, "H. 3710 General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2013-2014 As Ratified by the General Assembly - Judicial Department," accessed October 8, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly, "H. 4813 General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2012-2013 As Amended by the House of Representatives," accessed October 8, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly, "H. 3700 General Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2011-2012 As Ratified by the General Assembly - Judicial Department," accessed October 8, 2014
South Carolina courts
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina
State courts:
South Carolina Supreme Court • South Carolina Court of Appeals • South Carolina Circuit Courts • South Carolina Masters-in-Equity • South Carolina Family Courts • South Carolina Magistrate Courts • South Carolina Municipal Courts • South Carolina Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Carolina • South Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Carolina
