22% pay bump for Texas district judges is too much | Opinion
Dallas Morning News EditorialA Texas panel reviewing judicial pay is recommending that state district court judges receive a 22% raise over the next two years.
The Legislature has other pressing pay issues to weigh, such as potential raises for school teachers and increased rates for foster care providers. And locally, many district court judges in Dallas County still face huge backlogs in their dockets, an on-going problem that raises questions about their efficiency.
Also, the $140,000 annual base salary of Texas district judges is significantly less than that of other large states, according to the commission. District judges in California are paid at least $225,074, while those in New York receive $210,900 and those in Florida make $182,060, according to the report.
The price tag over the 2024-25 biennium would be $56.8 million, with about $37 million of that going to district judges. The remainder would be paid to appellate justices, government lawyers and others whose salaries are tied to those of district judges.
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