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Government Attorney (agency counsel) in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 4 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Attorney 3–4.

$43,240 – $236,787
state pay plan range, a year
4
classes in the state plan
$134,260
median pay in AZ, all employers
11,640
workers in AZ (SOC 23-1011)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Attorney 3
Class S05465
Grade 2 · Pay Schedule ASRATTY
$20.79 – $59.36 a hour
$43,240 – $123,475 a year
Attorney
Class S03064
Grade 1 · Pay Schedule ASRATTY
$22.47 – $113.84 a hour
$46,742 – $236,787 a year
Attorney 3
Class S02349
Grade 22 · Pay Schedule AREG
$22.87 – $42.10 a hour
$47,564 – $87,570 a year
Attorney 4
Class S05262 · class description
Grade 3 · Pay Schedule ASRATTY
$26.54 – $65.83 a hour
$55,203 – $136,918 a year

Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Lawyers (SOC 23-1011) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers11,640
10th percentile$85,990
Median$134,260
90th percentile$268,170
National median, government employers$134,680

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Government Attorney (agency counsel) page.

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