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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates is $196,890 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It is $229,760 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 14.3% 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 360 wage and salary jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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.