State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Iowa vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Iowa, $123,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.6%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Lawyers
- Median
- $123,550
- p25
- $81,860
- p75
- $179,610
- p10
- $63,790
- p90
- $268,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.