State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Alaska vs California
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Alaska, $149,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.1%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Lawyers
- Median
- $149,940
- p25
- $117,340
- p75
- $190,740
- p10
- $86,230
- p90
- $281,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Lawyers
- Median
- $195,080
- p25
- $131,120
- p75
- $277,140
- p10
- $97,950
- p90
- $369,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.