State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arkansas vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Arkansas, $98,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 52.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.4%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-40.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Lawyers
- Median
- $98,880
- p25
- $69,470
- p75
- $132,490
- p10
- $49,900
- p90
- $220,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.