Jury Pay by State

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Jury duty pay in Arizona

$12a day to start

$12 a day jury fee. Superior court trial jurors may also get $40 to $300 a day from the fair jury improvement fund123

Fund payments cover lost earnings above the jury fee with a $40 a day floor and $300 cap. Unemployed jurors get $40 a day.

Your rights as a juror

Mileage
Round trip mileage at the rate paid to state officers and employees under A.R.S. 38-6231
Must your employer pay you?
No. An employer is not required to pay an employee absent for jury service. Employers cannot require use of annual, vacation or sick leave4
Job protection
No employer may dismiss or penalize an employee for jury service or refuse to let them serve. Seniority is kept. Violation is a class 3 misdemeanor4
Many counties pay more than the state minimum, and your summons usually says what you will be paid. If something here is not covered, your summons or the court clerk can tell you.

Sources

  1. A.R.S. 21-221 Juror fees and mileage, Arizona Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  2. A.R.S. 21-222 Fair jury improvement fund, Arizona Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  3. Laws 2025 Chapter 55 (SB 1006), Arizona Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  4. A.R.S. 21-236 Employer protections for jurors, Arizona Legislature, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a copy of the law we used because the official site could not be read.