We’ve compiled a list of the starting salaries for district attorney offices (or equivalent) in the largest 50 cities, along with the largest city in every state.
The four highest DA starting salaries are in California:
- San Jose: $127,518
- Sacramento: $115,257
- San Francisco: $114,816
- Oakland: $104,540
Five DA starting salaries are $45,000 or less:
- Manchester (NH): $40,604
- Oklahoma City (OK): $42,400
- Charlotte (NC): $45,000
- Louisville (KY): $45,000
- Tulsa (OK): $45,000
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SALARY differences across the country because you don’t have access to accurate salary and employment information. Instead of relying on assumptions and guesswork, we want to offer accurate data for lawyers and law students exploring a possible career as a district attorney.
This is our first attempt at creating a resource that contains salary information for entry-level criminal prosecutors nationwide.
We gathered this data by calling multiple offices in the 50 largest cities in the United States, plus making sure we have at least one city from every state. While we’ve been able to gather enough data to release our research, we still welcome anonymous contributions to help further improve our data.
