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Texas court salaries and budgets
| Texas salaries and budgets | |||
 | |||
| State judicial budget | |||
| Annual budget: $636,012,512 | |||
| Supreme Court | |||
| Associate Justices: $210,000[1] | |||
| Intermediate Appellate Court | |||
| Judges: $192,500[2] | |||
| Other states | |||
The Texas Judicial System had a budget of $636,012,512 for fiscal year 2026.
Data by year
| Fiscal Year | Court budget |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $636,012,512[3] |
| 2025 | $531,208,413[4] |
| 2024 | $677,601,280[5] |
| 2023 | $464,311,871[6] |
| 2022 | $507,398,392[6] |
| 2021 | $425,276,369[7] |
| 2020 | $467,059,761[7] |
| 2019 | $406,013,649[8] |
| 2018 | $417,593,531[8] |
| 2017 | $397,957,159[9] |
| 2016 | $409,792,949[9] |
| 2015 | $368,629,317[10] |
| 2014 | $388,375,252[10] |
| 2013 | $321,877,770[11] |
| 2012 | $321,254,842[11] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ This is the base salary, which may increase with years of service or if you hold the position of chief judge.
- ↑ This is the base salary, which may increase with years of service or if you hold the position of chief judge. Judges on the Texas Fifteenth District Court of Appeals had a base salary of $205,000.
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "S.B. No. 1 General Appropriations Act," accessed October 23, 2025
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "H.B. No. 1 General Appropriations Act," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "H.B. No. 1 General Appropriations Act," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "General Appropriations Act For the 2022-2023 Biennium," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "General Appropriations Act For the 2020-2021 Biennium," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Texas State Legislature, "SB 1," accessed October 19, 2022
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "General Appropriations Act For the 2016-2017 Biennium," accessed September 21, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "General Appropriations Act For the 2014-2015 Biennium," accessed October 8, 2014 Scroll to "x"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2012-13 State Budget (2012-13 General Appropriations Act)," July 5, 2011 Scroll to "xi"
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
