Sandra Day O'Connor - Compensation & Financial Record (Retired)

Sandra Day O'Connor Position: Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (1981-2006, retired); died December 1, 2023 Party Affiliation of Appointing President: Republican (Reagan, 1981)

Government Compensation Annual salary at retirement: approximately $203,000 (Associate Justice, 2006 rate) Total salary earned: approximately $2,800,000 (estimated across 24 years of service)

Retirement O'Connor retired on January 31, 2006 after 24 years of service. Under 28 U.S.C. § 371, she received full Associate Justice salary at the 2006 rate for life, adjusted annually. Born 1930, she met the Rule of 80 eligibility requirement well before her retirement. Statutory text: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/371 O'Connor assumed senior status and continued hearing cases in multiple federal circuits - documented as the most active retired justice in American history at the time.

Financial Position Net worth at appointment (1981): $841,000-$1,470,000 Primary source: UPI report of 1981 financial disclosure Net worth (1984): $876,000-$1,700,000 Primary source: UPI report of 1984 financial disclosure Net worth (2004, final active year): $3,000,000-$6,500,000 Primary source: Center for Public Integrity analysis

Note: All pre-2022 filings for O'Connor are outside the 6-year federal records retention window and have been destroyed per law. Original filings are no longer available. Fix the Court archive (any surviving copies): https://fixthecourt.com/fix/financial-disclosures/

Net worth at death (2023): approximately $8,000,000 Primary source: Multiple press reports based on last available disclosures. No primary document available.

Post-Retirement Income iCivics: O'Connor founded the nonprofit civics education organization iCivics in 2009, now used by millions of students annually. She received no personal compensation from iCivics. Primary source: Bloomberg Law obituary: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/justice-oconnor-continued-public-service-long-after-retirement

Corporate board appointments: None documented. Speaking fees: No primary source document available. Book deals: None documented. Lobbying activity: None documented.

Primary Sources

• Fix the Court archive (surviving pre-2022 filings): https://fixthecourt.com/fix/financial-disclosures/

• Form AO 10A (destroyed filings): CommitteeonFinancialDisclosure@ao.uscourts.gov

• Bloomberg Law obituary: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/justice-oconnor-continued-public-service-long-after-retirement

• 28 U.S.C. § 371 (retirement statute): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/371

Notes O'Connor's financial record is among the least complete in this archive due to the destruction of pre-2022 filings under federal records retention law. The figures available reflect UPI and Center for Public Integrity analyses of disclosures made during her active tenure. Her post-retirement activity was focused entirely on public service through iCivics and circuit court participation. No commercial income, board appointments, or speaking fee income is documented. She was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease in October 2018 and withdrew from all public activity until her death on December 1, 2023.