State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Nebraska vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Nebraska, $109,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.5%
Nebraska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-37.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Lawyers
- Median
- $109,170
- p25
- $81,240
- p75
- $166,080
- p10
- $65,030
- p90
- $217,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.