State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Maine vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Maine, $113,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.5% — not 45.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.6%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-39.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Lawyers
- Median
- $113,120
- p25
- $82,830
- p75
- $139,110
- p10
- $76,820
- p90
- $215,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.