What is the salary range of Public Defender?

As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Public Defender in SD is $94,454. While Salary.com is seeing that Public Defender salary in SD can go up to $123,141 or down to $69,466, but most earn between $81,374 and $109,470. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Public Defender in the United States.

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Salary range for an Public Defender
$81,374 to $109,470
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What is a Public Defender?

A Public Defender is an attorney appointed to represent people who otherwise cannot reasonably afford to hire a lawyer. Brazil is the only country where an office of government-paid lawyers, with the specific purpose of providing legal assistance and representation to the destitute, free of charge, is established in the Constitution. In the United States, a 1963 US Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights requires the government to provide free legal counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases. Many other countries provide people with p...

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Location Avg. Salary Date Updated
Location Deadwood, SD Avg. Salary $91,933 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Pierre, SD Avg. Salary $88,465 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Watertown, SD Avg. Salary $93,824 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Aberdeen, SD Avg. Salary $86,889 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Agar, SD Avg. Salary $86,889 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Akaska, SD Avg. Salary $86,889 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Alcester, SD Avg. Salary $93,193 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Alexandria, SD Avg. Salary $93,824 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Allen, SD Avg. Salary $91,933 Date Updated December 01, 2024
Location Alpena, SD Avg. Salary $90,357 Date Updated December 01, 2024
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