State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Alaska, $149,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.2%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
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
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.