State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Delaware vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Delaware, $173,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.5%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Lawyers
- Median
- $173,510
- p25
- $130,630
- p75
- $226,190
- p10
- $101,200
- p90
- $354,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.