State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Georgia
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Georgia, $134,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.7%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
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%
Georgia
Lawyers
- Median
- $134,830
- p25
- $84,460
- p75
- $202,800
- p10
- $58,750
- p90
- $317,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.