State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Montana vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Montana, $103,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.1% — not 50.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.1%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-43.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Lawyers
- Median
- $103,720
- p25
- $84,180
- p75
- $133,660
- p10
- $62,090
- p90
- $179,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.