State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Rhode Island, $138,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.4%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Lawyers
- Median
- $138,960
- p25
- $108,200
- p75
- $200,130
- p10
- $80,710
- p90
- $268,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.