State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arkansas vs California
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Arkansas, $98,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 49.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.3%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-35.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Lawyers
- Median
- $98,880
- p25
- $69,470
- p75
- $132,490
- p10
- $49,900
- p90
- $220,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.