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State comparison · 2025

Lawyers salary: New York vs Vermont

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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%
See full breakdown for New York

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
See full breakdown for Vermont

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.