Massachusetts · 2025 pay
How much do Eastern District Attorney (Massachusetts) employees make?
$58,735typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$43,248 – $91,040what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: District Court AdaSuperior Court AdaVictim Witness Advocate
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU)Matches the agency's latest releasemacomptroller.org ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$42,846
$58,621
$90,044
$223,442
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $44,923 in 2016 to $58,735 in 2025 (+31%).
What changed since 2024
- +9.5%Typical pay went up from $53,644 to $58,735.
- +3.7%Typical raise for the 173 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 28% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 27 new27 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 27 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +31%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $44,923 to $58,735, while the number of people paid went up from 189 to 200.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Eastern District Attorney (Massachusetts)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $57,288 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $1,333 |
| Total for the year | $58,621 |
Average of the 10 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Eastern District Attorney
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +3.7%
People paid by Eastern District Attorney in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +3.7%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +9.5%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 25 other state agencies in Massachusetts in our data: +5.4%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +47%
Since 2016, total pay at Eastern District Attorney went up 47% while the number of people paid went up 6%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Court Ada | 39 | $72,571 | $51k – $76k | new |
| Superior Court Ada | 19 | $107,000 | $96k – $120k | new |
| Victim Witness Advocate | 19 | $43,952 | $34k – $47k | new |
| Post Retiree | 13 | $22,030 | $10k – $45k | ▼ 39.0% |
| Juvenile Justice Coordinator | 11 | $40,990 | $20k – $44k | new |
| Support Staff Dc | 10 | $46,009 | $42k – $49k | new |
| Dc Ada Supervisor | 9 | $89,500 | $80k – $95k | new |
| Appeals Ada | 7 | $95,780 | $93k – $112k | new |
| Vwa Supervisor | 6 | $74,264 | $62k – $80k | new |
| Office Manager | 6 | $49,915 | $45k – $53k | new |
| Paralegal | 5 | $49,116 | $18k – $51k | new |
| Support Staff D.a | 5 | $12,218 | $8k – $29k | ▼ 72.6% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k11
- $10k – $30k24
- $30k – $50k44
- $50k – $70k34
- $70k – $90k36
- $90k – $110k25
- $110k – $150k18
- $150k or more8
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Eastern District Attorney in 2025
- 1Paul TuckerDistrict Attorney$223,442▲ $17,469 vs 2024
- 2Mary Alice DoyleFirst Assistant Da$185,000▲ $192 vs 2024
- 3William MelkonianSupervisor Mv Prosecutions$164,000▲ $154 vs 2024
- 4Catherine SemelChief Appeals$160,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 5Maureen LealChief Victim Witness$160,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 6Kate MacdougallChief Family Crimes Unit$160,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 7James GubitoseChief Superior Court$160,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 8Kimberly FaitellaDeputy First Assistant Da$160,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 9David O'SullivanDeputy Chief Appeals$150,000▲ $385 vs 2024
- 10Sharyn LubasChief of Staff$145,000▲ $385 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Eastern District Attorney (Massachusetts) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $58,735 in 2025: half of the 200 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $43,248 and $91,040.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 11 people (5.5%) were paid under $10,000.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.2% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.8%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller (macomptroller.org). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals