State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arizona vs California
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Arizona, $134,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.2%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-24.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Lawyers
- Median
- $134,260
- p25
- $102,450
- p75
- $177,150
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $268,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.