State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Maryland vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Maryland, $139,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-31.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Lawyers
- Median
- $139,110
- p25
- $102,270
- p75
- $185,220
- p10
- $81,730
- p90
- $269,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.