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Members of the Supreme Court reported millions of dollars in book income, investments and outside earnings in newly released annual financial disclosures, offering a rare window into the personal finances of the nation’s highest judges.
The reports, filed with the federal judiciary for calendar year 2025, cover eight of the nine current justices. They detail income from publishing, teaching and investments, along with reimbursed travel, gifts, liabilities and asset ranges. Justice Samuel Alito requested an extension and had not filed his report with the others.
The disclosures include exact figures for some types of income, such as book deals and teaching pay, but most assets and liabilities are reported in broad ranges rather than precise amounts, making exact net worth calculations impossible. Some forms of wealth may also not be captured in the reports. Still, the filings allow for rough comparisons of the justices’ disclosed financial holdings.
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Estimated Wealth Ranking
Based on Newsweek’s review of the 2025 disclosures, Chief Justice John Roberts reported the largest disclosed asset range among the eight justices whose reports were released.
The ranking below reflects disclosed assets and liabilities in the 2025 reports. It should not be read as a definitive net worth ranking because the reports use broad ranges and do not necessarily capture every asset.
The estimated ranges reflect disclosed assets and liabilities and do not include outside income—such as book deals and teaching pay—which is reported separately in the filings’ non‑investment income section. Because that income reflects money earned during the year rather than assets held at the time of filing—and may already be spent, saved or invested—it is not included in the estimates.
1. John Roberts
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $17.3 million to $60.9 million after listed liability
Roberts reported extensive investments, including Wells Fargo bank accounts valued between $5,000,001 and $25,000,000, MFS Value I valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, First Eagle Global valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, and Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund Investor Shares valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000. He also reported a Wells Fargo line of credit valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000.
2. Amy Coney Barrett
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $3.7 million to $12 million after listed liability
Barrett reported multiple brokerage, retirement and education accounts, including a Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 account valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, a Fidelity Money Market Fund valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000, and a Fidelity 500 Index Fund valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000. She listed a tuition agreement liability valued between $1 and $15,000.
3. Neil Gorsuch
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $3.5 million to $11.4 million
Gorsuch reported a large portfolio of brokerage and retirement holdings, including a Victory 500 Index Member Fund valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, a Schwab U.S. Small Cap ETF valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000, and an SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-U.S. ETF valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000. He reported no liabilities.
4. Elena Kagan
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $2.5 million to $5.5 million
Kagan reported retirement, cash, fund and real estate holdings, including a Vanguard Total Stock Market Index holding valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000, a Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000, and a Fidelity Magellan Fund valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000. She reported no liabilities.
5. Clarence Thomas
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $1.9 million to $7.1 million
Thomas reported assets including Ginger Holdings LLC in Douglas County, Nebraska, valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000, and a Vanguard Global Equity Fund holding valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000. He reported no liabilities.
6. Sonia Sotomayor
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $1.3 million to $6.7 million after listed liability
Sotomayor reported a New York rental property valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000 and a Broward County, Florida, rental property valued between $100,001 and $250,000. She also reported a mortgage on an investment or rental property valued between $250,001 and $500,000.
7. Ketanji Brown Jackson
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $680,000 to $1.5 million
Jackson reported bank accounts, money market and retirement holdings, including a Citizens Bank cash account valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000 and a MedStar Health cash balance retirement plan valued between $100,001 and $250,000. She reported no liabilities.
8. Brett Kavanaugh
Estimated disclosed range: roughly $100,000 to $265,000
Kavanaugh’s reported investments were comparatively limited, consisting of an Emp. Ret. Sys. of TX/Texasaver 401(k) Vanguard institutional index holding valued at $15,000 or less and Bank of America accounts valued between $100,001 and $250,000. He reported no liabilities.
Not ranked: Samuel Alito
Alito was the only current justice whose 2025 disclosure was not released with the others. He received a 90-day extension to file his report.
Book Deals and Outside Income
The largest outside income came from books.
Four justices—Jackson, Barrett, Gorsuch and Sotomayor—reported a combined $2,418,783.27 in book advances or royalties for 2025, according to Newsweek’s review of the disclosures.
Jackson reported the largest single publishing figure: a $1,181,250 book advance from Penguin Random House, paid through KayPac LLC, a limited liability company she identified as containing only cash, also listed in her investments section.
Barrett reported $849,071.80 in publication and copyright royalties from Javelin Group LLC, along with $33,285 in teaching income from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Gorsuch reported $300,000 in royalty income from HarperCollins Publishers LLC, $361.47 in royalty income from Princeton University Press and $30,379.91 in teaching income from George Mason University.
Sotomayor reported four royalty payments from Penguin Random House totaling $88,100. Her disclosure said the amounts were net of literary agent commission and included royalties connected to Turning Pages, Just Ask! and an on-publication payment for Just Shine!.
Gifts and Travel
The filings also show how justices spend time away from the bench, including through teaching, book events, speeches and academic programs.
Sotomayor reported two gifts: concert tickets valued at $4,333 from Rimas Entertainment and a $598 visit to Kansas City, Missouri, to attend the opening night of Just Ask from The Coterie Theater. In an additional explanation, Sotomayor wrote that Rimas Entertainment is a record company that provided tickets “for a concert for me and guests while I was on a private trip to Puerto Rico in August 2025.”
Jackson reported a $2,500 gift described as a painting for chambers from Paul Branton and Kristen Williams. She also reported extensive reimbursed travel tied to book events, awards and public appearances.
Roberts reported no reimbursed travel and no gifts. Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas reported reimbursed travel tied to speeches, teaching, academic programs or other professional events, while Barrett reported reimbursements for book events, teaching and legal programs.
Why It Matters
The annual reports are meant to disclose outside income, gifts, reimbursements, liabilities and financial interests that could raise potential conflicts. But they are not designed to provide a full account of personal wealth.
The eight filings released so far show a court whose members have widely different financial profiles. Some, such as Roberts, report extensive investment holdings. Others, including Jackson, Barrett, Gorsuch and Sotomayor, show how publishing has become a major source of outside income. Several justices also continue to accept reimbursements for academic, legal and public events.
The disclosures arrive amid sustained scrutiny of Supreme Court ethics and transparency, including questions over gifts, travel and outside income. While the filings do not answer every question about the justices’ finances, they remain one of the few regular public windows into how members of the nation’s highest court earn money and hold assets beyond their government salaries.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Samantha Beech and Gray R. Thomas
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