Jury Service

  • Jury pay: $15/day starting with second day of service and 34 cents per mile, round trip
  • Number of Californians summoned to jury service in fiscal year 2019–20: approximately 9 million*
  • Number of Californians summoned to jury service who completed service in fiscal year 2019–20: approximately 4 million*
  • Number of Californians sworn in to serve as jurors in fiscal year 2019–20:  approximately 94,000*

* Numbers are based on data for fiscal year 2019–20, with 56 of the 58 (97%) superior courts reporting