State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arizona vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Arizona, $134,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.4%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Lawyers
- Median
- $134,260
- p25
- $102,450
- p75
- $177,150
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $268,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.