State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs North Dakota
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In North Dakota, $106,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.4% — not 94.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.5%
New York vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+60.4%
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 Dakota
Lawyers
- Median
- $106,880
- p25
- $92,510
- p75
- $137,380
- p10
- $70,500
- p90
- $194,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.