State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Idaho vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Idaho, $103,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.8% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Idaho vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-43.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Lawyers
- Median
- $103,400
- p25
- $81,520
- p75
- $139,350
- p10
- $50,730
- p90
- $216,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.