State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Utah
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Utah, $132,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 56.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.5%
New York vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+43.4%
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%
Utah
Lawyers
- Median
- $132,830
- p25
- $93,460
- p75
- $212,230
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $347,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.