State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Virginia
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Virginia, $167,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+6.6%
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%
Virginia
Lawyers
- Median
- $167,210
- p25
- $107,710
- p75
- $207,480
- p10
- $79,330
- p90
- $320,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.