State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Illinois vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Illinois, $160,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Lawyers
- Median
- $160,800
- p25
- $103,020
- p75
- $224,450
- p10
- $82,160
- p90
- $330,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.