Legal Questions

Salaries of district attorneys in Massachusetts are set by state law at just under $150,000 a year, but the DAs are free to pay assistant DAs whatever they want. As a result, ADA salaries in the state vary widely from office to office and even within a single office. In a story published this week, The Springfield Republican surveyed DAs’ offices in Western Massachusetts and found staff salaries ranging from a high of $115,000 to a low of $37,500. “While some current and former prosecutors say they are compensated fairly, a greater number grouse privately that many of the hardest workers are not the highest earners,” reporter Stephanie Barry writes.

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