(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) A pay increase of 3.3% that affects scores of state officials also includes Pennsylvania judges at all levels, from the magisterial district judges who handle offenses that are minor which includes traffic citations, to the court of last resorts of Pennsylvania. Justices on the seven-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court will go from earning $261,976 last year to receiving $270,622 this year, while $278,000 is how much the chief justice will be paid.