Money · 1 of 5
What judges make
Median
$387,000
Lower end
$310,000
Upper end
$415,000
Job Bank gives judges' pay as a yearly figure: a national median of $387,006, with $310,000 at the lower end and $414,900 at the upper end (2024). Newfoundland and Labrador's median is the highest, at $426,900, and Quebec's the lowest, at $310,000. Pay is reviewed by independent commissions, not negotiated. Federally appointed judges' salaries are set in the Judges Act and rise every April 1 with an index of average wages, by at most 7% a year.