State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Nebraska
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Nebraska, $109,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.4% — not 78.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.7%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+45.4%
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%
Nebraska
Lawyers
- Median
- $109,170
- p25
- $81,240
- p75
- $166,080
- p10
- $65,030
- p90
- $217,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.