State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Indiana
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Indiana, $126,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 53.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.8%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
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%
Indiana
Lawyers
- Median
- $126,860
- p25
- $95,120
- p75
- $193,420
- p10
- $65,750
- p90
- $327,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.