The (São Paulo Court of Justice) more than quadrupled the transfers above the salary ceiling to judges and judges in the first quarter of this year, in a moment of the Brazilian judiciary.
Survey Sheet In the paychecks of about 2,600 São Paulo magistrates indicates that between January and March 2025, the category received more than R $ 689.4 million in addition to regular wages. In the same period of 2024, this value was about R $ 164 million (corrected by inflation).
Adding salaries and hanging, the net remuneration of this category jumped from R $ 459 million in the first quarter from 2024 to R $ 993 million now, up 116%. If they received only the salary, which is already the ceiling of the functionalism, the payroll would be $ 303.2 million, less than a third of the current total.
The cost of this group of servers already surpasses the entire forecast of investments from TJ-SP to 2025, estimated at R $ 520 million, intended for construction, renovations and acquisition of equipment to expand access to justice, according to data from the state budget approved in December by (Legislative Assembly of São Paulo).
While supersalaries spending fires, the court invests less than expected. In 2024, the forecast was R $ 549 million, but only R $ 225.8 million were effectively spent, according to the State Department of Finance.
The paychecks, according to the TJ-SP transparency portal, are inflated by eventual advantages, such as indemnities for overtime or non-enjoyable clearances, and personal advantages, such as the permanence allowance, paid to magistrates who are still active even and may retire.
The 2024 Management Report, released in March, also highlights the payment of the temporal additional to magistrates, benefit granted according to the time of service.
In the first three months of 2025, more than 860 magistrates received more than $ 400 thousand each. Keeping the pace, the amount received by this group will exceed R $ 1.5 million throughout the year.
The largest amount paid so far has been to Judge José Joaquim dos Santos, from the 2nd Chamber of Private Law of the Capital, with more than half a million in net income. Luís Soares de Mello Neto, from the 4th Chamber of Criminal Law, former Vice President of the Court, is the runner-up, with R $ 487,900. The regular salary of both, readjusted this month, is R $ 41.8 thousand.
Questioned, the TJ-SP sent to Sheet The same note sent in January, when asked about the paid to judges in 2024. The report requested an interview with the president of the court, Fernando Antonio Torres Garcia, who did not comment.
According to the agency, “the recognition of these values and their corresponding payment are supported by STF decisions [Supremo Tribunal Federal] and from [Conselho Nacional de Justiça] and even include unpaid vacation. “The court says there is” compliance with the recommendation to pay late funds, often of years, and that must be settled. “
Still in late January, the president of TJ-SP stated, in a public statement, there were “coordinated, irresponsible and defamatory attacks on the national judiciary”.
The position was released after the Sheet Show that payments above the ceiling are funded by the Special TJ-SP Expenses Fund, fueled with interest on judicial deposits-values stopped in court accounts until payment decision. In 2024, which covers hangers and other court expenses.
Days later, the president of, Luís Roberto Barroso ,.
“We are against abuse, and the National Court of Justice, led by Minister Mauro Campbell Marques, is attentive. But much criticism is unfair or the result of the misunderstanding of the judges’ work,” he said.
Three weeks ago, Campbell Marques in addition to the ceiling when analyzing pendurichers at the Sergipe Court of Justice, but the rule allows, in practice, an extra monthly salary beyond regular payment. Minister Gilmar Mendes classified the. Himself of the Federal Public Prosecution Service in 2024.
Maurício Zockun, professor of Administrative Law at PUC-SP, attributes the situation to the absence of clear regulation on indemnity funds used to inflate wages. “Lack of clarity allows these excesses. It should unify these rules in 27 states, as it did in combating nepotism,” he argues.
The CNJ does not include retroactive payments in the salary ceiling calculation, an argument used by the TJ-SP to justify disbursements. “The retroactive refers to late wage differences and are paid in installments, according to the budget condition of the Court,” the agency told the agency Sheet.
