California / Conservation / Attorney III
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
3 employees hold this title in Conservation. Median total compensation for the role is $34,109, below the department median of $114,236.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Lawyers — about 95,770 people — is $195,080. Conservation pays a median base salary of $139,529 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 28th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Conservation’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. Conservation’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 41st 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 California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 18 of 20 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Conservation is $141,877, 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 III is held in 101 California departments. In Conservation, the median of $34,109 ranks #100 of 101.
Median total compensation for the Attorney III role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $150,234 ranks #2 of 14. See Attorney across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Attorney 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.
Record list
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Attorney III/Conservation
Source-specific fields
At Conservation, Ronald Small serves as a Attorney III. They work intermittent. Their 2024 pay totaled $43,624. Union affiliation: R02.
Attorney III/Conservation
Source-specific fields
Natasha Roland holds the role of Attorney III at Conservation. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $34,109. They are represented by R02.
Attorney III/Conservation
Source-specific fields
At Conservation, Robert Ayres serves as a Attorney III. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $16,267. Union affiliation: R02.