State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Pennsylvania, $157,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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%
Pennsylvania
Lawyers
- Median
- $157,180
- p25
- $98,720
- p75
- $208,260
- p10
- $77,100
- p90
- $323,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -9%
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.