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Jury duty pay in District of Columbia

What happens to your pay and your job if you're summoned in District of Columbia — with the statute behind each answer. Verified against a primary source on June 16, 2026.

At a glance

Employer payEmployer pay required
Job protectionProtected
Court per-diem$30/day
Status Verified

JurorPay summarizes state-by-state jury-duty pay rules and job-protection statutes. This is procedural civic-duty information, not legal advice. Statutes change; verify directly with your state court, employer HR, or a licensed attorney before relying on this summary.

Required

Will your employer pay you?

In District of Columbia, your employer is required to keep paying you during jury service. D.C. Code 11-1913 protects employment. Under 15-718, jurors paid regular compensation by a government or private employer during service are not paid the court attendance fee (i.e., employer continues regular pay). Employer-pay effectively applies for short service.

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Employer-paid

How much, and for how long?

D.C. Code 11-1913 protects employment. Under 15-718, jurors paid regular compensation by a government or private employer during service are not paid the court attendance fee (i.e., employer continues regular pay). Employer-pay effectively applies for short service.

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Protected

Can you be fired for serving?

Your job is statutorily protected. District of Columbia law prohibits firing, threatening, or penalizing you for responding to a jury summons or serving. Federal law (28 U.S.C. §1875) adds the same protection for federal-court service.

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

$30/day

What does the court pay you?

The court pays jurors $30 per day. $30/day attendance fee for each day of actual attendance, EXCEPT jurors paid regular compensation by a government or private employer during service are not paid the fee. Travel allowance not to exceed $2/day. (D.C. Code 15-718)

Primary source · verified June 16, 2026

Editor's note on this state

All data confirmed by directly fetching official D.C. Law Library primary sources (code.dccouncil.gov) for 11-1912, 11-1913, and 15-718. employer_pay_required set true based on a reasoned reading of 15-718 (employees paid by employer during service forgo the attendance fee), not a standalone explicit mandate. The $30/day attendance fee and $2/day travel allowance are explicit in 15-718.

Sources for District of Columbia

Each figure links to the primary source we read it from. The federal baseline is 28 U.S.C. §1875 — it protects your job during federal-court service but does not require pay.

How District of Columbia compares on court per-diem

Court-paid daily fee, ranked across all states with a single statewide figure. District of Columbia is highlighted.

Petit-juror per-diem paid by the court (first/standard day), ranked. 9 jurisdictions set per-diem locally (county-by-county or pegged to minimum wage) with no single statewide figure, and are omitted here rather than shown as a guessed amount. Where a state pays a higher rate for extended service, this chart shows the standard day rate. See each state page for the full schedule and citation.

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Editorial review

An employment attorney from our review pool is being onboarded to sign off on the jury-leave and anti-retaliation summaries. Until that review is complete, every figure on the site links directly to the state legislature or court primary source so you can verify it yourself. We will publish the reviewer's name, bar number, state, and profile here once secured — and never a placeholder name.