Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / District Attorney / Attorney 3
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
57 employees hold this title in District Attorney. Median total compensation for the role is $79,166, above the department median of $53,622.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 57 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 5,550 people — is $133,040. District Attorney pays a median base salary of $70,331 for this role, 47% below that figure — about the 14th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows District Attorney’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. District Attorney’s median base salary is 56% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 136 of 156 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 District Attorney is $68,872, 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
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the median of $69,065 ranks #11 of 14. See Attorney across all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania →
Median total compensation for comparable 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.
Record list
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Attorney 3/District Attorney
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Louis A Emmi works as a Attorney 3 for District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 8/1/2022. Louis earned $76,666 in 2025.
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Nichole M Onda holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 3/24/2014. In 2023, their total compensation was $74,973.
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Bailey E Kraus works as a Attorney 3 for District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 7/27/2020. Bailey earned $73,383 in 2024.
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At District Attorney, Jessica L Au serves as a Attorney 3. Records show a hire date of 9/26/2022. Their 2025 pay totaled $71,823.
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Kelly E Naik holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 3/14/2022. In 2023, their total compensation was $69,205.
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Krista M Dipaolo works as a Attorney 3 for District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 1/23/2023. Krista earned $68,865 in 2025.
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Jeffrey M. Zurisko holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 11/20/2006. In 2025, their total compensation was $65,180.
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Lauren I Mcdevitt is a Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Records show a hire date of 9/27/2021. 2025 total compensation came to $54,348.
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Russell Montgomery is a Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Records show a hire date of 4/7/2025. 2025 total compensation came to $53,804.
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Natalie C Metropulos is a Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Records show a hire date of 5/9/2022. 2023 total compensation came to $53,115.
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Samantha R Bentley holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 10/19/2020. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,767.
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Keaton Carr holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 12/5/2011. In 2025, their total compensation was $47,385.
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Christopher R Decker works as a Attorney 3 for District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 4/30/2018. Christopher earned $47,256 in 2024.
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Stephen C Sliger is a Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Records show a hire date of 2/6/2023. 2025 total compensation came to $45,154.
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Jonathan R Niznansky holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 9/22/2025. In 2025, their total compensation was $18,335.
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Margaret A Potter holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 11/8/2021. In 2025, their total compensation was $12,305.
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Richard J Lorenz holds the role of Attorney 3 at District Attorney. Their hire date on record is 11/7/2022. In 2023, their total compensation was $11,129.