State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Kentucky, $101,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 51.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.1%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-41.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Lawyers
- Median
- $101,550
- p25
- $78,140
- p75
- $149,120
- p10
- $63,010
- p90
- $187,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.