State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Minnesota
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Minnesota, $155,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.7%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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%
Minnesota
Lawyers
- Median
- $155,140
- p25
- $107,220
- p75
- $216,440
- p10
- $79,820
- p90
- $341,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.