State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Wisconsin
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Wisconsin, $126,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43% — not 64%.
Nominal pay gap
+64%
New York vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+43%
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%
Wisconsin
Lawyers
- Median
- $126,760
- p25
- $94,890
- p75
- $198,270
- p10
- $76,010
- p90
- $362,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.