State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New Jersey vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In New Jersey, $161,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Lawyers
- Median
- $161,430
- p25
- $116,060
- p75
- $220,100
- p10
- $93,810
- p90
- $328,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.