City of Boston / Boston Retirement System / General Counsel (Law)
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
1 employee holds this title in Boston Retirement System. Median total compensation for the role is $169,012, above the department median of $90,245.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 20,080 people — is $183,350. Boston Retirement System pays a median base salary of $165,885 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Boston Retirement System’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. Boston Retirement System’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 53rd 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Boston Retirement System is $169,012, 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 departments
General Counsel (Law) is held in 2 City of Boston departments. In Boston Retirement System, the median of $169,012 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the General Counsel (Law) role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $164,844 ranks #7 of 14. See General Counsel across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable General Counsel roles 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.
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General Counsel (Law)/Boston Retirement System
Source-specific fields
At Boston Retirement System, Natacha Thomas serves as a General Counsel (Law). Their 2024 pay totaled $169,012.