Louisville Metro, Kentucky / County Attorney / Attorney II
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
2 employees hold this title in County Attorney. Median total compensation for the role is $73,368, above the department median of $45,000.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 2,000 people — is $124,530. County Attorney pays a median base salary of $76,195 for this role, 39% below that figure — about the 19th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows County 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. County Attorney’s median base salary is 52% 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at County Attorney is $76,195, 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
Attorney II is held in 2 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In County Attorney, the median of $73,368 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Attorney II role in other Louisville Metro, Kentuckydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Louisville Metro, Kentucky, the median of $80,774 ranks #9 of 14. See Attorney across all of Louisville Metro, Kentucky →
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 II/County Attorney
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Paul Rutherford works as a Attorney II for County Attorney. Paul earned $76,195 in 2021.
Attorney II/County Attorney
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Jason Fowler works as a Attorney II for County Attorney. Jason earned $70,540 in 2021.