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Federal judges are appointed for life. The term for a judge in a state court will vary from state to state and court to court. For example, in my state the circuit court judges are appointed for 10 year terms, district court & family court judges get 6 year terms. We also have per diem judges (basically, substitute judges who get called in for a day or two now and then) in the district & family court who get appointed for two terms.
District Court Judges appoint magistrates to eight-year terms; they do not hold lifetime appointments like other Article III judges. Of the 1,774 tallied, 875 are authorized seats in the Federal Judicial Branch of government (Article III courts), excluding federal magistrates.