State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: District of Columbia vs Kansas
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Kansas, $106,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 83%.
Nominal pay gap
+83%
District of Columbia vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+50%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kansas
Lawyers
- Median
- $106,650
- p25
- $83,810
- p75
- $159,310
- p10
- $76,300
- p90
- $213,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.