State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Tennessee, $136,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.6%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30%
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%
Tennessee
Lawyers
- Median
- $136,180
- p25
- $98,750
- p75
- $198,470
- p10
- $76,510
- p90
- $324,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.