Georgia / University of Georgia / Attorney
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
23 employees hold this title in University of Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $77,805, above the department median of $26,965.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 23 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 Georgia, the median wage for Lawyers — about 23,930 people — is $134,830. University of Georgia pays a median base salary of $87,780 for this role, 35% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows University of Georgia’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. University of Georgia’s median base salary is 45% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 19 of 23 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 University of Georgia is $77,805, 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 is held in 3 Georgia departments. In University of Georgia, the median of $77,805 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Attorney role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $83,880 ranks #8 of 14. See Attorney across all of Georgia →
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
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Attorney/University of Georgia
Jessica Orbock holds the role of Attorney at University of Georgia. In 2025, their total compensation was $255,082.