Jokowi Signs An Increase In Judges' Salaries Two Days Before Lengser, Here's The Amount

The 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo officially signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 44 of 2024 regarding the increase in the judge's salary which was signed on October 18, 2024, two days before his resignation.

The regulation states that the state provides welfare guarantees for judges as state officials who exercise judicial power in order to maintain the independence of judges in carrying out their duties and responsibilities in the implementation of judicial power.

"The judge who was appointed in a rank that is higher than the old rank, is given a new basic salary based on a new rank that is fresh with the basic salary and class work period (MKG) in the space group according to the old rank," reads Article 3A quoted on Tuesday, October 22.

Article 9 also states that if judges are given other allowances in the form of family allowances, rice allowances and expensive allowances

The judges' basic salary is adjusted to MKG with 9 classes of judges ranging from Group III A, III B, III C, III D, IV A, IV B, IV C, IV D, and IV E with a working period of 0 to 32 years.

Based on this new regulation, the smallest basic judge salary is held by MKG A class IIIA of IDR 2.78 million and the largest is held by class IV E with a 32-year MKG of IDR 6.37 million.

The following is the judge's salary listed in PP Number 44 of 2024:

Working period 0-1 years

Group III A = IDR 2,785,700 Classes III B = IDR 2,903,600 Classes III C = IDR 3,026,400 Classes III D = IDR 3,154,000 Classes IV A = IDR 3,287,800 Classes IV B = IDR 3,426,900 Classes IV C = IDR 3,571,900 Classes IV D = IDR 3,723,000 Classes IV E = IDR 3,880,400

Work period 8-9 years

Group III A = IDR 3,153,600 Class III B = IDR 3,287,000 Class III C = IDR 3,426,000 Class III D = IDR 3,571,000 Class IV A = IDR 3,722,000 Class IV B = IDR 3,879,500 Class IV C = IDR 4,043,600 Class IV D = IDR 4,214,600 Class IV E = IDR 4,392,900

Work period 18-19 years

Group III A = IDR 3,682,500 Group III B = IDR 3,838,300 Class III C = IDR 4,000,600 Class III D = IDR 4,169,900 Classes IV A = IDR 4,346,200 Classes IV B = IDR 4,530,100 Classes IV C = IDR 4,721,700 Classes IV D = IDR 4,921,400 Classes IV E = IDR 5,129,600

Work period of 32 years

Group III A = IDR 4,575,200Golongan III B = IDR 4,768,800Golongan III C = IDR 4,970,500Golongan III D = IDR 5,180,700Golongan IV A = IDR 5,399,900Golongan IV B = IDR 5,628,300Golongan IV C = IDR 5,866,400Golongan IV D = IDR 6,114,500Golongan IV E = IDR 6,373,200