State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Indiana vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Indiana, $126,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Indiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Lawyers
- Median
- $126,860
- p25
- $95,120
- p75
- $193,420
- p10
- $65,750
- p90
- $327,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.