State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Vermont
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Vermont, $127,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.2%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+35.7%
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%
Vermont
Lawyers
- Median
- $127,310
- p25
- $100,790
- p75
- $188,090
- p10
- $85,510
- p90
- $336,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.