GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 511
Short Title: Award Magistrates Salary Increases. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Moss, Pyrtle, and Miller (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 26, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT AWARDING LEGI SLATIVE SALARY INCREASES TO MAGISTRATES AND 2
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 5
the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of eleven million five hundred thousand dollars 6
($11,500,000) in recurring funds in each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to be allocated 7
for magistrate salary increases authorized by this act. 8
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2025, G.S. 7A-171.1 reads as rewritten: 9
"§ 7A-171.1. Duty hours, salary, and travel expenses within county. 10
(a) The Administrative Officer of the Courts, after consultation with the chief district 11
judge and pursuant to the following provisions, shall set an annual salary for each magistrate: 12
(1) A full-time magistrate shall be paid the annual salary indicated in the table set 13
out in this subdivision. A full-time magistrate is a magistrate who is assigned 14
to work an average of not less than 40 hours a week during the term of office. 15
The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall designate whether a magistrate 16
is full-time. Initial appointment shall be at the entry rate. A magistrate's salary 17
shall increase to the next step every two years on the anniversary of the date 18
the magistrate was originally appointed for increases to Steps 1 through 3, and 19
every four years on the anniversary of the date the magistrate was originally 20
appointed for increases to Steps 4 through 6: 21
Table of Salaries of Full-Time Magistrates 22
Step Level Annual Salary 23
Entry Rate $47,228 24
Step 1 $50,714 25
Step 2 $54,475 26
Step 3 $58,457 27
Step 4 $63,228 28
Step 5 $68,973 29
Step 6 $75,415. 30
Entry Rate $56,674 31
Step 1 $60,857 32
Step 2 $65,370 33
Step 3 $70,148 34
Step 4 $75,874 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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Step 5 $82,768 1
Step 6 $90,498. 2
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SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 4
law. 5