State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Florida vs Illinois
Lawyers in Illinois earn a median of $160,800. In Florida, $133,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-19.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Lawyers
- Median
- $133,180
- p25
- $99,720
- p75
- $196,100
- p10
- $75,530
- p90
- $301,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
Illinois
Lawyers
- Median
- $160,800
- p25
- $103,020
- p75
- $224,450
- p10
- $82,160
- p90
- $330,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.