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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates pay in Rhode Island and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates is $239,760 per year in Rhode Island. It is $104,000 per year in Virginia. Rhode Island is 130.5% above Virginia 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and 1,270 in Virginia. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings