(a) All assistant district attorneys general hired after July 1, 1994, or reclassified under § 8-7-201(e)(3), shall be compensated beginning July 1, 2023, according to the following pay schedule, which must be adjusted on July 1, 2023, and each succeeding July 1, to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act:

Entry level

$63,853

after one (1) year

$67,868

after two (2) years

$71,857

after three (3) years

$75,928

after four (4) years

$79,943

after five (5) years

$83,918

after six (6) years

$87,934

after seven (7) years

$91,977

after eight (8) years

$96,034

after nine (9) years

$100,009

after ten (10) years

$104,038

after eleven (11) years

$108,054

after twelve (12) years

$112,001

after thirteen (13) years

$116,017

after fourteen (14) years

$120,032

after fifteen (15) years

$124,021

after sixteen (16) years

$128,050

after seventeen (17) years

$131,680

after eighteen (18) years

$135,226

after nineteen (19) years

$138,607

after twenty (20) years

$141,823

after twenty-one (21) years

$146,501

after twenty-two (22) years

$151,331

after twenty-three (23) years

$156,299

after twenty-four (24) years

$161,833

after twenty-five (25) years

$167,325

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-7-226