State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Minnesota vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Minnesota, $155,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Lawyers
- Median
- $155,140
- p25
- $107,220
- p75
- $216,440
- p10
- $79,820
- p90
- $341,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.