State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Maine
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Maine, $113,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.3% — not 72.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.5%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+51.3%
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%
Maine
Lawyers
- Median
- $113,120
- p25
- $82,830
- p75
- $139,110
- p10
- $76,820
- p90
- $215,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.