State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: New York vs Wyoming
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Wyoming, $100,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.3% — not 107.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+107.6%
New York vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+78.3%
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%
Wyoming
Lawyers
- Median
- $100,130
- p25
- $79,080
- p75
- $134,570
- p10
- $61,170
- p90
- $233,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.