State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Michigan
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Michigan, $130,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 49.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.5%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+29.9%
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%
Michigan
Lawyers
- Median
- $130,520
- p25
- $100,160
- p75
- $172,340
- p10
- $77,180
- p90
- $238,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- 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.