California / Education / Attorney IV
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
16 employees hold this title in Education. Median total compensation for the role is $161,937, above the department median of $82,233.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 16 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
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Lawyers — about 95,770 people — is $195,080. Education pays a median base salary of $150,737 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 33rd 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 Education’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. Education’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 46th 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 20 of 23 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 Education is $151,389, 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 IV is held in 103 California departments. In Education, the median of $161,937 ranks #71 of 103.
Median total compensation for the Attorney IV 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 IV/Education
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Peter Stubbs works as a Attorney IV for Education. Their status is full-time. Peter earned $238,235 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R02.
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At Education, Virginia Cale serves as a Attorney IV. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $186,601. Their bargaining unit is R02.
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Terrence Ohler works as a Attorney IV for Education. Their status is full-time. Terrence earned $186,551 in 2025. They are represented by R02.
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At Education, Terri Mcfarland serves as a Attorney IV. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $186,551. They are represented by R02.
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Thomas Prouty holds the role of Attorney IV at Education. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $186,551. Their bargaining unit is R02.
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Katherine Legrand is a Attorney IV at Education. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $184,805. They are represented by R02.
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Andrea Christensen is a Attorney IV at Education. They work full-time. 2024 total compensation came to $183,413. Their bargaining unit is R02.
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Ava Yajima holds the role of Attorney IV at Education. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $163,095. Union affiliation: R02.
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Christine Huntoon Melbardis is a Attorney IV at Education. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $160,780. They are represented by R02.
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Christopher Mandarano is a Attorney IV at Education. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $155,826. Their bargaining unit is R02.
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Donald Ambrose holds the role of Attorney IV at Education. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $151,389. Union affiliation: R02.
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Rebecca Feil works as a Attorney IV for Education. Their status is full-time. Rebecca earned $150,910 in 2023. They are represented by R02.
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At Education, Lilly Ko serves as a Attorney IV. They work part-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $147,167. Union affiliation: R02.
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At Education, Paul Lacy serves as a Attorney IV. They work intermittent. Their 2025 pay totaled $139,960. Union affiliation: R02.
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Amy Bisson-Holloway is a Attorney IV at Education. They work intermittent. 2025 total compensation came to $17,428. They are represented by R02.
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Elizabeth Stein is a Attorney IV at Education. They work intermittent. 2025 total compensation came to $5,325. Union affiliation: R02.