Compared with the local labor market
General Attorney pay vs. the United States
Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pays a median base salary of $158,109 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sits in the local pay range
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission median · $158,109
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
Computed over the 499 of 500 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is $158,139, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
General Attorney beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $178,914 ranks #1 of 2. See General Attorney across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable General Attorneyroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.