in the United Kingdom (including England and Wales). The following is a simplified list of annual judicial salaries from 1 April 2021, showing only the most widely-held grades and some of the best known specific appointments. A complete list of all the posts at each pay point can be found on the website of the Ministry of Justice. Group 1: Lord Chief Justice, £267,509 Group 1.1: Master of the Rolls, £238,868 Group 2: Heads of the High Court divisions, £230,717 Group 3: Lord Justices of Appeal, £219,396 Group 4: High Court judges and certain others, £192,679 Group 5: Numerous specialist appointments, including senior circuit judges and Judge Advocate General, £154,527 Group 5.1: Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, Chief Chancery Master, Senior Queen's Bench Master and certain others, £148,820 Group 5.2: High Court Insolvency and Companies Court Judges and Masters, circuit judges and certain others, £143,095 Group 6: Vice-Judge Advocate General and certain others, £134,717 Group 7: District judges of the County Court and magistrates' courts, employment judges, judges of the First Tier Tribunal and several other appointments, £114,793 Group 8: Salaried (Regional) Medical Members, Social Entitlement Chamber, £91,217 Judges also have a pension scheme, the 1993 and earlier versions of which were once considered to be one of the most generous in the British public sector. The administrative body of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is classified as a non-ministerial department. The Supreme Court is independent of the government of the UK, of Parliament, and of the court services of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It takes appeals from the Appeals Courts of England and Wales and of Northern Ireland, and Scotland's High Court of the Judiciary. The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is paid at Group 1.1, while the Deputy President and the other ten members of the Supreme Court are paid at Group 2. See also Judicial titles in England and Wales Judiciary of the United Kingdom List of judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Law of the United Kingdom References External links Judiciary of England and Wales government website Department for Constitutional Affairs list of judges