State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: California vs Wyoming
Lawyers in California earn a median of $195,080. In Wyoming, $100,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.1% — not 94.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.8%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+63.1%
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%
Wyoming
Lawyers
- Median
- $100,130
- p25
- $79,080
- p75
- $134,570
- p10
- $61,170
- p90
- $233,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.