State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Connecticut
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Connecticut, $163,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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%
Connecticut
Lawyers
- Median
- $163,600
- p25
- $109,450
- p75
- $222,930
- p10
- $91,180
- p90
- $342,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.