State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Nevada vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Nevada, $150,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.6%
Nevada vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Lawyers
- Median
- $150,510
- p25
- $122,470
- p75
- $200,970
- p10
- $96,010
- p90
- $414,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.