Are we getting our money’s worth? Some judges enjoyed light workloads as taxpayers ponied up millions for salaries, pensions, health care. Updated on Dec 10, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues across the state earn $93,338 a year, with the possibility of a pension and lifetime health care, funded largely by taxpayers. So, it might come as a surprise that 2019 court data revealed Johnson sometimes had proceedings just two days a week. That also allowed him to tend to his family business — a nursery and landscaping company north of Harrisburg.