State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Colorado
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Colorado, $168,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.8%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Lawyers
- Median
- $168,520
- p25
- $107,420
- p75
- $233,910
- p10
- $83,350
- p90
- $336,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.