State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Kansas
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Kansas, $106,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.9% — not 82.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+82.9%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+48.9%
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%
Kansas
Lawyers
- Median
- $106,650
- p25
- $83,810
- p75
- $159,310
- p10
- $76,300
- p90
- $213,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.