State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Virginia
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Virginia, $167,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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%
Virginia
Lawyers
- Median
- $167,210
- p25
- $107,710
- p75
- $207,480
- p10
- $79,330
- p90
- $320,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.