State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Alaska vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Alaska, $149,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-24%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Lawyers
- Median
- $149,940
- p25
- $117,340
- p75
- $190,740
- p10
- $86,230
- p90
- $281,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
New York
Lawyers
- Median
- $207,860
- p25
- $127,580
- p75
- $322,120
- p10
- $85,200
- p90
- $391,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.