Jury duty pay in Pennsylvania

$9a day to start$25a day later on

$9 a day for the first 3 days in a calendar year, then $25 a day¹

Your rights as a juror

Mileage: 17 cents a mile circular, except no travel allowance in the first judicial district¹
Must your employer pay you?: No. The statute does not require employers to pay for time lost to jury service²
Job protection: Employers may not take away a juror's job, seniority or benefits or threaten them. Retail or service employers under 15 and manufacturers under 40 are exempt²
Postponing or being excused: A juror not covered by job protection may ask the court to be excused²

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

42 Pa.C.S. 4561 Compensation of jurors, Justia (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
42 Pa.C.S. 4563 Protection of employment, Justia (secondary), 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.