State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Michigan vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Michigan, $130,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Lawyers
- Median
- $130,520
- p25
- $100,160
- p75
- $172,340
- p10
- $77,180
- p90
- $238,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- 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.