State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Arkansas, $98,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 49.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.3%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-35.9%
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
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.