State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Pennsylvania, $157,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Lawyers
- Median
- $157,180
- p25
- $98,720
- p75
- $208,260
- p10
- $77,100
- p90
- $323,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -9%
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.