Staff Attorney 2
Chattanooga, TNFull-time$88–130K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The City of Chattanooga seeks a Staff Attorney 2 in the City Attorney Department. This is the second level in a two-level staff attorney series. The role tracks legal developments to monitor compliance with applicable laws. The position is exempt, with work hours listed as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; hours may vary due to work assignments or projects.
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Salary: GS.16E $88,416 - $130, 336 per year Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. (EST) Hours may vary due to work assignments or projects. Work Location: City Hall Annex FLSA Status: This is an Exempt position. Department: City Attorney SERIES LEVEL: The Staff Attorney 2 is the second level in a two-level staff attorney series. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.) Tracks legal developments to monitor compliance with applicable laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,081 open Attorney jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$88–130K/yr
- US median$112–186K/yr1,322 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $109K, is 24% below the US median midpoint ($144K) — in the lowest quarter of Attorney salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Attorney jobs in Tennessee and 2,081 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Experience
- Attorney postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,441 postings).
- Education
- 1,277 of the 2,081 open Attorney jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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