Ala. Code § 45-49-81.60: Supplemental Salary.

In addition to the salary paid to each district court judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit by the state, there also shall be payable to each district court judge from the general fund of the county treasury in equal monthly installments an annual supplement to his or her salary payable by the state, so that the total amount of his or her entire annual salary payable by the state and county shall be an amount equal to five hundred dollars ($500) less than the total annual salary of circuit court judges in the county. The supplemental salary shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner that the salary of other county employees are paid.