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Arkansas / Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf / Attorney II

Job-title file

Attorney II

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

38 employees hold this title in Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf. Median total compensation for the role is $87,826, above the department median of $44,648.

Employees
38
Total payroll
$3.4M
Role median
$87,826
Agency median
$44,648
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$51,767$103,535+

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

How total compensation varies among the 38 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

Attorney II pay vs. Arkansas

Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Lawyers — about 3,430 people — is $98,880. Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf pays a median base salary of $90,031 for this role, 9% below that figureabout the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$49,900
$69,470
$98,880
$132,490
$220,660
Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf median · $90,031

The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf’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. Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf’s median base salary is 44% below that national figure, about the 17th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf median · $90,031

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 Arkansas range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf is $90,031, 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

This role across Arkansas

Attorney II is held in 32 Arkansas departments. In Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf, the median of $87,826 ranks #6 of 32.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Attorney II role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Attorney beyond Arkansas

This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $85,943 ranks #7 of 14. See Attorney across all of Arkansas

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

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
Georgia
$83,880 · 608

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

Employees with this title

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Melinda Warren

Attorney II/Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf

2026 total comp
$103,535
Sub-department
Specialized Services
Base pay
$103,535
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$103,535
Hire date
03-22-1999
Pay grade
Spc05
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Job Classification Code
LAT04P
Pay Scale Type
Classified
Position Number
22107285

Melinda Warren works as a Attorney II for Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf within Specialized Services. Their hire date on record is 03-22-1999. Melinda earned $103,535 in 2026. Their pay grade is Spc05.

Joseph Allen

Attorney II/Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf

2026 total comp
$103,535
Sub-department
Specialized Services
Base pay
$103,535
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$103,535
Hire date
06-20-2004
Pay grade
Spc05
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Job Classification Code
LAT04P
Pay Scale Type
Classified
Position Number
22107337

At Dfa - Office of Child Support Enf, Joseph Allen serves as a Attorney II within Specialized Services. Records show a hire date of 06-20-2004. Their 2026 pay totaled $103,535. They are classified at grade Spc05.