State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Lawyers in Massachusetts earn a median of $176,680. In New Hampshire, $120,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+44%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Lawyers
- Median
- $176,680
- p25
- $119,960
- p75
- $282,080
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $374,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
New Hampshire
Lawyers
- Median
- $120,810
- p25
- $97,080
- p75
- $194,690
- p10
- $65,670
- p90
- $358,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.