State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Lawyers in Illinois earn a median of $160,800. In Indiana, $126,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Indiana
Lawyers
- Median
- $126,860
- p25
- $95,120
- p75
- $193,420
- p10
- $65,750
- p90
- $327,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.