State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Colorado, $168,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.7%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Lawyers
- Median
- $168,520
- p25
- $107,420
- p75
- $233,910
- p10
- $83,350
- p90
- $336,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Lawyers
- Median
- $195,190
- p25
- $172,060
- p75
- $360,310
- p10
- $120,580
- p90
- $392,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.