State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Alabama, $131,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.4%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Lawyers
- Median
- $131,970
- p25
- $82,920
- p75
- $181,440
- p10
- $62,310
- p90
- $249,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Lawyers
- Median
- $195,190
- p25
- $172,060
- p75
- $360,310
- p10
- $120,580
- p90
- $392,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.