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Jury duty pay by state.

What the court pays a juror per day, and what it adds for travel, in federal court and eight states, with the statute that sets each figure.

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The table

Statute and court-site text read 2026-10-20. Federal courts and eight states only; other states are not covered.
Jurisdiction	Daily juror pay	Travel and mileage	Who pays and what to watch	Authority
Federal courts	$50 a day for a petit or grand juror. A petit juror who hears one case for more than 10 days may be paid up to $10 more per day (so up to $60) if the trial judge orders it; the federal courts page also lists up to $60 after 45 days for grand jurors.	Reasonable transportation, and in some courts parking. The statute caps the mileage rate at the figure the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts sets. Meals and lodging are covered if an overnight stay is required.	Federal employees receive their regular salary instead of the fee.	28 U.S.C. 1871; uscourts.gov Juror Pay
Arizona	$12 for each day of attendance, paid by the county.	Mileage from home to court and back at the rate Arizona pays state employees. A juror excused on the first day of appearance receives mileage only.	The figure is fixed in the statute, not by each county.	A.R.S. 21-221
Colorado	Regularly employed: the employer pays regular wages, capped at $50 a day unless the employee and employer agree otherwise, for the first three days. Not regularly employed: the state reimburses expenses of up to $50 a day for those three days. From the fourth day the state pays $50 a day.	Travel and child care are reimbursable expenses in the first three days (food is excluded). A juror paid under the day-four rule gets no additional travel or expense reimbursement.	The court can excuse an employer from paying on a finding of financial hardship; the state then pays the juror up to $50 a day for those three days.	C.R.S. 13-71-126 to 13-71-129
Connecticut	Full-time employed jurors: regular wages from the employer for the first five days. Everyone else is reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses by the state for those days, at least $20 and at most $50 a day. From the sixth day the state pays $50 a day.	The expense reimbursement includes 20 cents a mile for the round trip to court and excludes food. The $50 sixth-day payment carries no additional reimbursement.	"Full-time" means a position normally requiring 30 or more hours a week.	Conn. Gen. Stat. 51-247
Florida	A juror who is not regularly employed, or who stops receiving regular wages, gets $15 a day for the first three days. From the fourth day every juror gets $30 a day. A juror who keeps regular wages gets nothing from the clerk for days one to three.	None. The statute says jurors are not entitled to additional reimbursement from the clerk for travel or other out-of-pocket expenses.	A juror excused at his or her own request is not entitled to the first-three-day payment.	Fla. Stat. 40.24 (2025)
Michigan	A floor, not a fixed figure: the county board sets the rate, which must be at least $25 for the first day and $40 for each later day ($12.50 and $20 for half days). If the state juror compensation fund has enough money, the floors are $30 and $45 ($15 and $22.50 for half days).	Not less than 20 cents a mile, round trip, for each day or half day of attendance; the county board sets the actual rate.	Counties may pay more than the floor, so check the court that summoned you.	MCL 600.1344
New York	$72 for each day of physical attendance on which the court convenes. An employed juror whose daily wages are $72 or more, and whose employer may not withhold the first $72, receives no allowance; if wages are below $72 the juror receives the difference.	The section sets no mileage. It covers the actual, necessary cost of food and lodging for jurors.	A juror may waive the allowance, in which case it goes to a court fund. See the employer-pay page for the $72 withholding rule.	N.Y. Jud. Law 521, 519
Pennsylvania	$9 a day for the first three days in a calendar year that the juror must report, then $25 a day for each later day that year.	17 cents a mile, round trip, except that none is paid in the first judicial district (Philadelphia).	The Commonwealth reimburses the county for 80 percent of pay and travel beyond day three for jurors in a trial or grand jury proceeding.	42 Pa.C.S. 4561
Washington	Set by each county within a range: at least $10 and at most $25 a day for grand, petit, coroner's and district court jurors, applied uniformly within the county.	Mileage at the rate set under RCW 43.03.060, in addition to the daily payment.	A person excused at his or her own request may be allowed no more than a per diem and such mileage as the court finds just.	RCW 2.36.150

What the table shows

Every dollar figure is the court-side payment to a juror: the fee a federal, state or county court pays for a day of service. It is not what your employer pays you, and it is not a wage replacement. In Colorado and Connecticut the law moves the first few days onto the employer for people with regular jobs, so the "juror pay" for those days is the employer's wages rather than a court check. That interaction is the subject of the companion page on employer pay, linked below.

Fixed, ranged, or a floor: three ways states set the number

Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania write a dollar amount into the statute, so a change takes an act of the legislature. Michigan and Washington do something different. Michigan states a minimum and lets the county board of commissioners set the real rate, and Washington sets a $10 to $25 band that the county legislative authority chooses within. That is why two jurors in the same state can be paid different amounts, and why a single "Michigan jury duty pay" figure on a blog is either a floor or a guess. The row for each of those states tells you the floor or band; the number you will actually receive comes from your court.

It usually goes up after the first few days

Most of these states pay more after an initial stretch. Federal courts allow up to $60 for a long petit-jury case, Colorado pays $50 from day four, Connecticut pays $50 from day six, Florida doubles from $15 to $30 on day four, Pennsylvania moves from $9 to $25 after three days in a calendar year, and Michigan's floor rises from the first day to later days. New York, Arizona and Washington do not step up after the first days in the sections read. If you expect to serve on a trial, the later-day figure is the one that matters.

Worked example: eight days of attendance (hypothetical)

Take a juror with no job and no other income who attends eight days in one calendar year. Reading each row literally: federal courts pay 8 x $50 = $400. New York pays 8 x $72 = $576. Florida pays 3 x $15 + 5 x $30 = $195. Pennsylvania pays 3 x $9 + 5 x $25 = $152. Arizona pays 8 x $12 = $96. Washington pays between 8 x $10 = $80 and 8 x $25 = $200, depending on the county. Michigan pays at least $25 + 7 x $40 = $305 under the lower floor. Connecticut reimburses expenses of $20 to $50 a day for five days, then pays 3 x $50 = $150, a total between $250 and $400. Colorado reimburses up to $50 a day for three days, then pays 5 x $50 = $250, up to $400 in all. The spread, from $96 to $576 for the same eight days, comes entirely from where the court sits.

Edge cases and common mistakes

Excused early. In Arizona a juror excused on the first day gets mileage only; in Florida a juror excused at their own request gets no first-three-day payment; in Washington the court may allow only a per diem and mileage.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania pays no mileage in the first judicial district.
No second reimbursement. Once Colorado's day-four rule or Connecticut's day-six rule applies, the statute says the juror is not entitled to additional reimbursement for travel or expenses.
Half days. Michigan's floors are stated separately for a half day.
Waiving the pay. A New York juror can waive the allowance, which then funds court programs.
Old numbers. Some guides give a different federal figure; the statute text read for this page says $50.

Who this is for

Anyone who has received a summons and wants to know what the court pays, people comparing the cost of service across states, and HR or payroll staff checking a court-fee figure before writing a policy.

What this does not cover

Only federal courts and eight states are here, because those are the ones whose primary text could be read on the retrieval date. California, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina and the rest are not shown, and their absence says nothing about their rules. This page does not cover whether juror fees are taxable, municipal or special courts with their own schedules, or whether your employer must keep paying you, which is a separate question answered on the companion page.

FAQ

How much does jury duty pay?

It depends on the court. Among the nine jurisdictions here, a juror with no job is paid from $9 a day (Pennsylvania, first three days) to $72 a day (New York), with $50 a day in federal court. Several states pay more after the first few days.

How much does federal jury duty pay?

$50 a day for a petit or grand juror under 28 U.S.C. 1871. A petit juror who hears one case for more than 10 days may be paid up to $10 more a day if the trial judge orders it, and the federal courts site lists up to $60 a day for grand jurors after 45 days. Federal employees get their regular salary instead.

How much does jury duty pay in California or Texas?

This page does not say. We could not read the official California or Texas statute text from our build environment, so neither state is included rather than guessed. Check the juror page of the court that summoned you.

Do jurors get paid for mileage?

Often. Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Washington pay mileage; Connecticut sets 20 cents a mile and Pennsylvania 17 cents, with none in Philadelphia. Florida pays no additional travel reimbursement, and New York's section covers food and lodging but sets no mileage.

Does jury duty pay more after the first few days?

In most of these states, yes. Colorado pays $50 from day four, Connecticut $50 from day six, Florida $30 from day four, Pennsylvania $25 after three days in a calendar year, and Michigan's floor rises after day one. Federal courts may pay up to $60 in long cases.

Who decides how much jury duty pays, the state or the county?

Both, depending on the state. Arizona, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania fix the amount in statute. Michigan sets a floor and lets the county board choose the rate, and Washington lets the county pick a rate between $10 and $25.

Is jury duty pay the same as what my employer pays me?

No. Juror pay comes from the court. Whether your employer must also pay your wages is set separately by state law; see the companion page on employer pay for jury duty.

Sources

Retrieved 2026-10-20. Each link was opened and the figure next to it was checked against the text.

Not legal advice

This page is general information, not legal advice. Statutes, court fees and local practice change, and your facts may differ. Confirm anything that matters with your court's jury office, your state labor department or a lawyer before you act. Nothing you pick on this page is sent anywhere.