§ 12-17-182 — Compensation

Alabama § 12-17-182

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 12: Courts
• Ch. 17: Circuit and District Court Personnel
• Art. 6: District Attorneys
• Div. 1: General Provisions

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(a) District attorneys for each judicial circuit in the state serving on October 1, 2021, until the end of his or her service, shall be paid by the state an annual salary of an amount equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000) less than the salary paid by the state to the highest paid circuit judge of the state, payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. District attorneys holding office on October 1, 2021, are exempt from subsection (b).
(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any district attorney newly appointed or elected after October 1, 2021, shall receive an initial salary of one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000). This amount shall be adjusted to reflect any cost-of-living adjustment enacted by the Legislature on or after October 1, 2021.
(2) The salary of district attorneys shall be increased by 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of the first term for which he or she was appointed or elected as district attorney. The salary shall be increased by an additional 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of his or her second term as district attorney. The salary shall be increased by an additional 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of his or her third term as district attorney. The salary shall further be increased by any cost-of-living adjustment enacted by the Legislature not already granted to the district attorney during the previous term.
(c) The compensation paid by the state to any district attorney in service on October 1, 2025, may not be diminished pursuant to Act 2025-384.
(d) Upon ratification of the constitutional amendment proposed by Act 2025-291 of the 2025 Regular Session, providing that the salary of a district attorney may not be decreased during his or her term of office, the salary of each district attorney shall be increased by any cost-of-living adjustment effective on or after October 1, 2021, that is not already reflected in his or her compensation.
(e) The salary adjustment pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) is prospective and a district attorney serving on October 1, 2025, shall not receive back pay.

Legislative History

(Acts 1963, No. 511, p. 1096; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 264, p. 406; Acts 1967, No. 526, p. 1260; Act 2021-441, §3; Act 2025-384, §2.)