State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Massachusetts, $176,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
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%
Massachusetts
Lawyers
- Median
- $176,680
- p25
- $119,960
- p75
- $282,080
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $374,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.