State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Illinois vs Texas
Lawyers in Illinois earn a median of $160,800. In Texas, $154,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.3%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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%
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.