State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Mississippi, $91,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 55.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.9%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-45.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Lawyers
- Median
- $91,690
- p25
- $63,650
- p75
- $130,170
- p10
- $47,670
- p90
- $176,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.