State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Louisiana vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Louisiana, $104,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.7% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Louisiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-38.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Lawyers
- Median
- $104,100
- p25
- $76,540
- p75
- $159,100
- p10
- $50,140
- p90
- $227,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.