Agency file

Law

Source file: City of Pittsburgh — Employee Salaries (2017-2019) / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Law is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2019, this agency had 36 employees with median total compensation of $12,477; the highest distinct record was $23,866.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $388.2K
Employees: 36
Median total: $12,477
Highest record: $23,866

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$779$21,483+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2019 total compensation is spread across the 36 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($12,477) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $8,675 (80%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $625 (6%)
Benefits — $1,485 (14%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$1,268

$5,661

$12,477

$15,000

$19,334

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $19,334 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,268. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Assistant Solicitor 1

11 · $14,329

Law Clerk

7 · $1,159

Legal Secretary Pt

4 · $5,990

Associate Solicitor

3 · $20,104

Assistant Solicitor/2

3 · $16,635

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2017	$2.3M —	45 —	$52,309 —
2018	$2.4M ▲ 5.0%	47 ▲ 4.4%	$47,755 ▼ 8.7%
2019	$388.2K ▼ 83.7%	36 ▼ 23.4%	$12,477 ▼ 73.9%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Law Department (001) City of Baltimore58% match
Judicial Branch U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)38% match

Record list

Employees

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Matthew Mchale

Associate Solicitor/Law

2019 total comp

$19,334

Sub-department: Law
Base pay: $14,753
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,039
Benefits: $3,542
Total compensation: $19,334
Hire date: 2014-05-19
Union / bargaining unit: Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Employment Status: Full-Time
Home Cost Center: 108000
Socrata Entity Number: 613916
Total Taxes: 1038.78

Matthew Mchale is a Associate Solicitor at Law within Law. They have served since 2014 (about 5 years). 2019 total compensation came to $19,334. They are represented by Non-Union.