State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Colorado vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Colorado, $168,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Lawyers
- Median
- $168,520
- p25
- $107,420
- p75
- $233,910
- p10
- $83,350
- p90
- $336,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.