State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Kentucky
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Kentucky, $101,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.5% — not 92.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+92.1%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+56.5%
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%
Kentucky
Lawyers
- Median
- $101,550
- p25
- $78,140
- p75
- $149,120
- p10
- $63,010
- p90
- $187,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.