Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Salary in the US
A administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earns a national median of $117,860 a year (mean $125,990) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #81 of 825.
How much does a administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earn in the US?
A administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in the United States earns a median of $117,860 a year (mean $125,990), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 131% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 16,370 people work in this occupation (SOC 23-1021), ranked #81 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$117,860
per year
Mean
$125,990
per year
Employment
16,370
US workers
National rank
#81
of 825 by median
What a administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers (SOC 23-1021) earns a median annual wage of $117,860 and a mean (average) of $125,990. The median is the midpoint — half of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earn more and half earn less — and is 131% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers is $117,860, and the mean (average) is $125,990. The median is the midpoint — half of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earn more and half earn less.
- How does administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers pay compare to the US average?
- At $117,860, a administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earns 131% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 16,370 administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers employed nationally (SOC 23-1021), across all industries.
- Where does this administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 23-1021. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 23-1021 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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