Unless otherwise noted, benefits information on this page applies to all full-time State Attorney staff, professional and support.

Position-specific information (job description, education/experience requirements, etc.) is available through links provided at the bottom of this page. Each link also provides a downloadable employment application.

SAO Summer Intern Program:   Click here for information about this program for high-school and college students.

Employment Guidelines

While we may not currently have open positions, we will accept your application and schedule an interview as vacancies occur.  Please note the following:

Application:  A completed application is required, with or without a resume.

Entry-Level Positions:  Except in extraordinary circumstances, support staff applicants will be considered to fill entry-level positions.  (Advanced positions are offered first to interested individuals currently on the SAO staff.)

Interview:  After you have submitted your application, you will be contacted for an interview with our Professional, Investigator, or Support Staff Interviewer.

Retention: Your application will be retained for one (1) year and you may be contacted for interview at any time during that period. Even if you are not offered a position after your first interview, your application will be retained in our Active Applicants file for one (1) year, unless you advise to the contrary.

Salary:  Effective August 1, 2005, the minimum salary for an Assistant State Attorney is $40,000. (Specific salary ranges for support staff are set by the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association (FPAA) Classification and Pay Plan, and vary according to the duties and responsibilities applicable to each position.)

An applicant's previous training and experience may qualify him/her for consideration for an advanced position. Salaries are based on tenure, classification, and job responsibilities, within the guidelines of the FPAA Classification and Pay Plan, previously mentioned.

Payroll is processed monthly. Your salary is deposited by electronic funds transfer, on the last working day of each month, into a bank or credit union account which you designate at the time of employment. Cost-of-living salary increases are governed by the State Legislature and usually occur once during each fiscal year. Merit or promotional increases are processed as designated by the State Attorney, Chief Assistant State Attorney and Executive Director.

State Employment: As a full-time permanent staff member of the State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, you are a State employee, eligible for all State employee benefits. State Attorney's Office employees are not under the jurisdiction of civil service regulations. Personnel operations of the State Attorney's Office are governed by the provisions of the Classification and Pay Plan of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Organization: The State Attorney's Office, Fourth Judicial Circuit, is staffed with attorneys, investigators, and other staff.  We have approximately 350 total staff.

Role of the State Attorney: The State Attorney, as the representative of the people of the State of Florida, is responsible for prosecuting all persons charged with criminal offenses occurring within the designated judicial circuit.

Confidentiality:  Open files of State Attorney's Office cases and investigations are confidential, and staff are expected to maintain strict confidentiality, never discussing cases when outside of the office or sharing case information with anyone not currently employed by the State Attorney's Office.

Professional Conduct:  Employees are held to a high standard of professional conduct, as outlined in the Office's Policy Manual, including strict requirements relating to interaction with victims, witnesses, and the public in general.

Work Hours/Overtime: This office operates on a 40-hour work week. Support staff, with certain exceptions, observe work hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM with 1 hour for lunch. Varying requirements within different divisions of the office may allow for varying work schedules.

Vacation/Paid Leave: New employees of the State Attorney earn leave benefits as follows: Annual Leave is earned at the rate of 8.67 hours per month (13 days/year); Sick Leave is earned at the rate of 8.67 hours per month (13 days/year). Leave is credited to the employee on the last working day of each month and cannot be taken prior to accrual.

Note: Annual Leave may be accrued to a maximum of 360 hours; no maximum accrual applies to Sick Leave. The Office is closed for statutorily-mandated State holidays, usually eight or nine days per calendar year.

Health and Life Insurance:  Health, Life, and a limited Disability insurance plan are available to assistant state attorneys at no cost. Through payroll deduction, the State offers support staff employees a self-insured health insurance plan and an HMO health insurance plan.

Tuition Free Courses:  The state provides up to six credit hours of tuition-free courses per term at a state university or community college to full-time employees on a space available basis.

Specific Requirements of Positions: During your interview the specific requirements of current open positions will be discussed in detail by the members of the Support, Investigative, or Professional Staff interview team.

The State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). We maintain a drug free work place and all new employees are required to undergo urinalysis test.

Click here for Employee Information