State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Oklahoma
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Oklahoma, $103,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.1% — not 101.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.7%
New York vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+64.1%
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%
Oklahoma
Lawyers
- Median
- $103,060
- p25
- $74,950
- p75
- $139,630
- p10
- $57,950
- p90
- $207,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.