7.96%, OR a 50/50 split of the actuarial required contribution between employer/. employee, whichever is less, with a floor of 7.65% for employees and 6% for. employers. Member contribution rate increases retro to July 1, 2011.
In 2005, the average age of the Supreme Court justices was 70 years; in May 2010, the average age is a substantially lower, at 64.1 years, due to the more recent appointment oâ¦f younger justices - Chief Justice Roberts (55), Justice Samuel Alito (60), Justice Sonia Sotomayor (56), and Justice Elena Kagan (50). The justices' median age is 61.
In June 1921, President Warren Harding nominated Taft, age 63, to lead the Supreme Court. Taft served nine years as chief justice after his four years as presidentâthe only person to hold both jobs. âHe loathed being president,â Justice Felix Frankfurter once observed, âand being chief justice was all happiness for him.â