State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Texas
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Texas, $154,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.8%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+21.3%
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%
Texas
Lawyers
- Median
- $154,200
- p25
- $102,810
- p75
- $223,390
- p10
- $79,340
- p90
- $349,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.