<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . (April 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . (April 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> Federal judge salaries in the United States are determined by the United States Congress and are governed in part by the United States Constitution, depending in part on the court on which the judge sits . In particular, United States federal judges confirmed under Article III of the Constitution have compensation that "shall not be diminished during their continuance in office ." Other federal judges have salaries that may be adjusted without direct constitutional constraints, however statutory schemes usually govern these salaries . Debates over judicial salaries and their increase and treatment have occurred since the ratification of the Constitution . </P> <P> Compensation varies based upon the particular judgeship, though it generally increases commensurate with the office . </P>

Who decides the salaries of the judges of supreme court