State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Georgia vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Georgia, $134,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-27.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Lawyers
- Median
- $134,830
- p25
- $84,460
- p75
- $202,800
- p10
- $58,750
- p90
- $317,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.