State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In North Carolina, $127,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.8%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+42.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Lawyers
- Median
- $127,710
- p25
- $82,220
- p75
- $210,130
- p10
- $61,610
- p90
- $323,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.