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City of Springfield, MA / Attorney

Role across City of Springfield, MA

Attorney

Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.

1 people hold the Attorney role across 1 department in City of Springfield, MA, with a median total compensation of $174,600.

Employees
1
Median pay
$174,600
Departments
1
Cross-jurisdiction

Compared with the local labor market

Attorney pay vs. the Springfield, MA area

Across all employers in the Springfield, MA area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 770 people — is $123,320. City of Springfield, MA pays a median base salary of $174,600 for this role, 42% above that figureabout the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where City of Springfield, MA sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$73,270
$85,330
$123,320
$171,080
$249,430
City of Springfield, MA median · $174,600

The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Springfield, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Springfield, MA’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. City of Springfield, MA’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 56th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
City of Springfield, MA median · $174,600

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 Springfield, MA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at City of Springfield, MA is $174,600, 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

Attorney pay in other jurisdictions

Where Attorneys are paid most

California
$150,234 · 3,693
Texas
$124,428 · 1,280
Minnesota
$108,190 · 29
City of Chicago
$102,516 · 7
South Carolina
$102,000 · 359
Arkansas
$85,943 · 269
Georgia
$83,880 · 608
Florida
$69,240 · 66
Metro Nashville
$51,349 · 110
Maine
$43,168 · 13

Median total compensation for comparable Attorneyroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.