State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Delaware, $173,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.1%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Lawyers
- Median
- $173,510
- p25
- $130,630
- p75
- $226,190
- p10
- $101,200
- p90
- $354,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.