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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Salary in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is $63,240. BLS estimates approximately 30 people work in this occupation in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 58.9% below the national median ($153,990).

Median salary
$63,240
Average salary
$77,650
Median hourly
$30.40
Employment
30

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$56,310$27.07
25th percentile$56,310$27.07
Median (50th)$63,240$30.40
75th percentile$65,560$31.52
90th percentile$138,590$66.63

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 0.9% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 0.8% — Very reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
0.307
Location quotient
1.99

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV’s regional price level is below the national average (index 94.171, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $67,154 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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