Maine · 2025 pay
How much do Maine Judicial Branch employees make?
$61,088typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$46,180 – $86,226what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Maine Office of the State Controller publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Assistant ClerkDeputy MarshalAssociate Clerk
✓ Official data from Maine Office of the State ControllerMatches the agency's latest releasemaine.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$46,266
$60,985
$86,659
$201,936
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $37,212 in 2016 to $61,088 in 2025 (+64%).
What changed since 2024
- +4.4%Typical pay went up from $58,486 to $61,088.
- +3684 people were paid in 2025, compared with 681 in 2024.
- +64%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $37,212 to $61,088, while the number of people paid went up from 603 to 684.
The next update is expected in early 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Maine Judicial Branch
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $60,342 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $643 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $60,985 |
Average of the 35 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Clerk | 185 | $47,556 | $30k – $54k | ▲ 5.9% |
| Deputy Marshal | 86 | $62,610 | $53k – $66k | ▲ 7.1% |
| Associate Clerk | 46 | $65,321 | $58k – $68k | ▲ 3.8% |
| Law Clerk | 46 | $34,128 | $23k – $46k | ▼ 20.2% |
| District Court Judge | 40 | $163,707 | $164k – $164k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Sc/Vb Assistant Clerk | 17 | $45,117 | $42k – $48k | ▲ 7.6% |
| Superior Court Justice | 16 | $163,707 | $164k – $164k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Court Attendant | 13 | $44,251 | $43k – $47k | ▲ 9.7% |
| Clerk II | 11 | $95,119 | $84k – $100k | ▲ 2.0% |
| Courtroom Technology Assistant | 11 | $60,223 | $51k – $66k | ▲ 1.8% |
| Sergeant | 9 | $82,088 | $79k – $83k | ▲ 5.5% |
| Family Law Magistrate | 8 | $122,798 | $123k – $123k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Division Supervisor II | 8 | $89,345 | $83k – $94k | ▼ 0.1% |
| Administrative Clerk | 8 | $73,247 | $71k – $76k | ▼ 0.2% |
| Supreme Court Justice | 6 | $174,646 | $172k – $175k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Clerk I | 6 | $87,819 | $87k – $89k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Lead Law Clerk | 6 | $87,350 | $23k – $92k | ▼ 0.7% |
| Corporal | 5 | $72,523 | $71k – $73k | ▲ 12.1% |
| Sc/Vb Associate Clerk | 5 | $61,111 | $52k – $61k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k18
- $10k – $30k87
- $30k – $50k118
- $50k – $70k222
- $70k – $90k78
- $90k – $110k50
- $110k – $150k48
- $150k or more63
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Judicial Branch in 2025
- 1Valerie StanfillSupreme Court Chief Justice$201,936▲ $5,880 vs 2024
- 2Catherine R ConnorsSupreme Court Justice$174,646▲ $5,080 vs 2024
- 3Wayne R DouglasSupreme Court Justice$174,646▲ $5,080 vs 2024
- 4Rick E LawrenceSupreme Court Justice$174,646▲ $5,080 vs 2024
- 5Andrew M MeadSupreme Court Justice$174,646▲ $5,080 vs 2024
- 6Julia M LipezSupreme Court Justice$171,574▲ $12,635 vs 2024
- 7Brent A DavisDistrict Court Chief Judge$171,021▲ $4,976 vs 2024
- 8Robert E MullenSuperior Court Chief Justice$171,021▲ $4,976 vs 2024
- 9Amy A QuinlanState Court Administrator$171,021▲ $4,327 vs 2024
- 10Eric J WalkerDistrict Court Dep Chief Judge$167,395▲ $6,695 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Maine Judicial Branch employee make?
The typical employee was paid $61,088 in 2025: half of the 684 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $46,180 and $86,226.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.4% of all pay), overtime (1.4%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.2%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Maine Office of the State Controller (Department of Administrative and Financial Services) (maine.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in early 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals