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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates is $161,490 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $229,760 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 29.7% below Providence-Warwick, RI-MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 23-1023 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 150 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.