State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Vermont
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Vermont, $127,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.3% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
New York vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+48.3%
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%
Vermont
Lawyers
- Median
- $127,310
- p25
- $100,790
- p75
- $188,090
- p10
- $85,510
- p90
- $336,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.