State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Oklahoma, $103,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.1% — not 89.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+89.3%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+50.1%
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%
Oklahoma
Lawyers
- Median
- $103,060
- p25
- $74,950
- p75
- $139,630
- p10
- $57,950
- p90
- $207,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.