State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Florida vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Florida, $133,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.9%
Florida vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-33.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Lawyers
- Median
- $133,180
- p25
- $99,720
- p75
- $196,100
- p10
- $75,530
- p90
- $301,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.