State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Ohio
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Ohio, $131,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 58.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.6%
New York vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+36.4%
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%
Ohio
Lawyers
- Median
- $131,020
- p25
- $90,830
- p75
- $191,080
- p10
- $69,790
- p90
- $269,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.