State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Lawyers in Colorado earn a median of $168,520. In Texas, $154,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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%
Texas
Lawyers
- Median
- $154,200
- p25
- $102,810
- p75
- $223,390
- p10
- $79,340
- p90
- $349,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.