State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Connecticut vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Connecticut, $163,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Connecticut vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Lawyers
- Median
- $163,600
- p25
- $109,450
- p75
- $222,930
- p10
- $91,180
- p90
- $342,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.