Lawyer Salaries By State

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Alabama (View More Alabama Info)

Lawyers working in the state of Alabama in May 2022 earned an annual mean wage of $138,250. Wages for other metropolitan areas in the state include:

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville: $102,040
Auburn-Opelika: $129,630
Birmingham-Hoover: $152,450
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley: $107,490
Decatur: $112,330
Dothan: $178,740
Florence-Muscle Shoals: $117,700
Gadsden: $93,330
Huntsville: $145,020
Mobile: $141,800
Montgomery: $125,820
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $117,380
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $104,010
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $105,130
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $104,760
Tuscaloosa: $115,710

Alaska (View More Alaska Info)

Lawyers employed in Alaska earned an annual mean wage of $120,590. Around the state, attorney salaries were:

Alaska nonmetropolitan area: $121,140
Anchorage: $121,170
Fairbanks: $111,740

Arizona (View More Arizona Info)

Arizona’s lawyers brought home an annual mean salary of $144,890. Lawyers in Arizona’s cities earned:

Arizona nonmetropolitan area: $105,910
Flagstaff: $124,170
Lake Havasu City-Kingman: $116,690
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale: $150,390
Prescott: $111,040
Sierra Vista-Douglas: $118,770
Tucson: $128,120
Yuma: $123,710

Arkansas (View More Arkansas Info)

Lawyers working in the state of Arkansas garnered an annual mean wage of $116,730. Arkansas’ cities paid attorneys the following salaries:

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers: $154,120
Fort Smith: $101,720
Hot Springs: $82,430
Jonesboro: $124,710
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway: $106,010
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $98,990
Pine Bluff: $70,420
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $104,030
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $112,090

California (View More California Info)

Attorneys in California averaged an annual mean wage of $201,530, making them the second-highest paid lawyers in the nation as of May 2022. Around the Golden State, salaries for lawyers are as follows:

Bakersfield: $155,130
Chico: $160,690
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode nonmetro area: $142,350
El Centro: $138,260
Fresno: $160,840
Hanford-Corcoran: $141,470
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim: $194,870
Merced: $137,190
Modesto: $157,950
Napa: $170,340
North Coast nonmetropolitan area: $137,810
North Valley-Northern Mountains: $148,110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura: $207,970
Redding: $135,100
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario: $166,310
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade: $165,720
Salinas: $157,950
San Diego-Carlsbad: $186,440
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward: $239,330
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara: $267,840
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande: $165,580
Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $154,970
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara: $153,680
Santa Rosa: $184,950
Stockton-Lodi: $151,400
Vallejo-Fairfield: $154,580
Visalia-Porterville: $127,440
Yuba City: $126,880

Colorado (View More Colorado Info)

Colorado’s lawyers acquired an annual mean salary of $168,680. In Colorado’s cities, attorneys earned:

Colorado Springs: $111,530
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood: $174,870
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area: $100,870
Fort Collins: $183,150
Grand Junction: $128,230
Greeley: $140,820
Northwest CO nonmetropolitan area: $124,080
Pueblo: $111,330
Southwest CO nonmetropolitan area: $98,770

Connecticut (View More cCnnecticut Info)

Lawyers in Connecticut made a yearly mean wage of $174,520. Around Connecticut, lawyers earned:

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk: $209,770
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area: $136,460
Danbury: $166,280
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford: $159,200
New Haven: $153,650
Waterbury: $141,560

District of Columbia (View More District of Columbia Info)

District of Columbia’s attorneys are the highest-paid of lawyers in any state, earning $226,510 as of May 2022. In the Washington-Arlington-Alexandra DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, lawyers averaged an annual salary of $211850.

Delaware (View More Delaware Info)

Unfortunately, the BLS does not carry statistics for Delaware lawyer wages as of May 2022. The most recent state salary quoted by the BLS for Delaware lawyers was $157,610 in 2016. Lawyers working in various parts of Delaware earned:

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD: $156,870
Salisbury, MD-DE: $120,090

Florida (View More Florida Info)

Florida’s lawyers accrued an annual mean wage of $135,840 as of May 2022. Around the state, lawyers earned the following salaries:

Cape Coral-Fort Myers: $121,070
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin: $115,220
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach: $107,690
Gainesville: $131,820
Homosassa Springs: $130,500
Jacksonville: $130,500
Lakeland-Winter Haven: $127,400
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: $144,960
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island: $116,750
North Florida nonmetropolitan area: $96,550
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton: $104,860
Ocala: $103,870
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford: $145,750
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville: $124,660
Panama City: $108,640
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent: $115,960
Port St. Lucie: $109,960
Punta Gorda: $113,720
Sebastian-Vero Beach: $122,450
Sebring: $96,280
South Florida nonmetropolitan area: $102,820
Tallahassee: $97,620
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: $138,120
The Villages: $108,150

Georgia (View More Georgia Info)

Attorneys working in Georgia averaged $165,560 annually. In Georgia’s cities, lawyers earned:

Albany: $104,630
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell: $176,230
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC: $129,850
Brunswick: $119,080
Columbus, GA-AL: $125,430
Dalton: $117,110
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $92,170
Gainesville: $130,690
Hinesville: $103,580
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $91,290
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $95,490
Rome: $120,380
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $104,610
Valdosta: $146,360
Warner Robins: $115,480

Hawaii (View More Hawaii Info)

Hawaii’s attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $106,520. Salaries earned by Hawaii’s lawyers working in various cities include:

Hawaii/Kauai nonmetropolitan area: $105,300
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina: $116,440
Urban Honolulu: $105,970

Idaho (View More Idaho Info)

Lawyers employed in Idaho collected an annual mean wage of $96,810. Lawyers working in the following Idaho cities earned:

Boise City: $101,000
Coeur d’Alene: $92,120
Idaho Falls: $105,600
Lewiston, ID-WA: $87,600
Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area: $85,590
Pocatello: $88,220
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area: $88,110
Twin Falls: $83,090

Illinois (View More Illinois Info)

Lawyers in Illinois earned the fifth-highest salary for lawyers in all states, averaging $158,030 as of May 2022. In Illinois’ cities, lawyers earned:

Bloomington: $150,530
Carbondale-Marion: $105,540
Champaign-Urbana: $130,580
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI: $163,220
Danville: $108,960
Decatur: $136,990
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $124,900
Kankakee: $108,120
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $117,770
Peoria: $146,910
Rockford: $109,620
Springfield: $128,290
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $97,740

Indiana (View More Indiana Info)

Indiana’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $143,060. Lawyers working in the following Indiana cities made:

Bloomington: $137,710
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $127,570
Columbus: $139,830
Elkhart-Goshen: $120,290
Evansville, IN-KY: $130,280
Fort Wayne: $130,090
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson: $153,970
Kokomo: $127,250
Lafayette-West Lafayette: $135,720
Michigan City-La Porte: $106,400
Muncie: $85,970
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $98,780
South Bend-Mishawaka: $125,590
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $128,380
Terre Haute: $139,430

Iowa (View More Iowa Info)

Attorneys employed in Iowa accrued an annual mean wage of $117,500. Salaries for attorneys working across Iowa include:

Ames: $124,760
Cedar Rapids: $119,790
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL: $117,660
Des Moines-West Des Moines: $122,880
Dubuque: $105,910
Iowa City: $121,090
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $90,290
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $87,810
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD: $121,710
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $109,090
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $98,950
Waterloo-Cedar Falls: $114,610

Kansas (View More Kansas Info)

Lawyers who are Kansans earned an annual mean wage of $115,860 in May 2022. Around Kansas, attorneys accrued:

Kansas nonmetropolitan area: $82,670
Lawrence: $101,750
Manhattan: $110,370
Topeka: $97,640
Wichita: $112,470

Kentucky (View More Kentucky Info)

Working in Kentucky earned lawyers an annual mean wage of $99,840 as of May 2022. Kentucky’s lawyers working in these cities earned:

Bowling Green: $98,590
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $79,530
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $94,770
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox: $90,990
Lexington-Fayette: $106,530
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: $108,310
Owensboro: $98,300
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $79,760
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $93,100

Louisiana (View More Louisiana Info)

Louisiana’s lawyers brought home an annual mean wage of $127,150. Lawyers working in Louisiana’s cities earned:

Alexandria: $99,490
Baton Rouge: $115,970
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $114,330
Hammond: $100,250
Houma-Thibodaux: $120,160
Lafayette: $110,740
Lake Charles: $114,620
Monroe: $112,610
New Orleans-Metairie: $142,000
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $87,970
Shreveport-Bossier City: $119,800
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $86,740

Maine (View More Maine Info)

Lawyers in Maine averaged an annual mean wage of $102,060. Attorneys working in Maine’s cities brought home an income of:

Bangor: $102,410
Lewiston-Auburn: $92,840
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area: $95,180
Portland-South Portland: $111,170
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area: $87,770

Maryland (View More Maryland Info)

Maryland’s attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $158,150. Around Maryland, lawyers earned:

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson: $161,120
California-Lexington Park: $135,630
Cumberland, MD-WV: $105,350
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: $114,300
Maryland nonmetropolitan area: $126,770
Salisbury, MD-DE: $136,370

Massachusetts (View More Massachusetts Info)

Massachusetts’ lawyers earned the fourth-highest salary of lawyers in all states, at $196,230 as of May 2022. In Massachusetts’ cities, attorneys earned:

Barnstable Town: $143,230
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH: $202,900
Leominster-Gardner: $143360
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area: $129,270
New Bedford: $133,040
Pittsfield: $151,080
Springfield, MA-CT: $142,390
Worcester, MA-CT: $145,070

Michigan (View More Michigan Info)

Michigan’s attorneys brought home an annual mean wage of $127,030. Salaries for Michigan’s attorneys working in various cities include:

Ann Arbor: $126,370
Balance of Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $108,370
Battle Creek: $161,010
Bay City: $139,150
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn: $127,580
Flint: $126,880
Grand Rapids-Wyoming: $133,510
Jackson: $143,700
Kalamazoo-Portage: $121,590
Lansing-East Lansing: $127,530
Midland: $184,610
Monroe: $123,120
Muskegon: $145,430
Niles-Benton Harbor: $123,550
Northeast Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $104,800
Northwest Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $109,480
Saginaw: $119,140
Upper Peninsula nonmetro area: $99,060

Minnesota (View More Minnesota Info)

Attorneys employed in Minnesota made an annual mean wage of $163,480. Those working in these Minnesota cities earned:

Duluth, MN-WI: $111,440
Mankato-North Mankato: $107,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: $173,170
Northeast nonmetropolitan area: $106,620
Northwest nonmetropolitan area: $107,500
Rochester: $120,030
Southeast nonmetropolitan area: $121,410
Southwest nonmetropolitan area: $100,580
Cloud: $121,020

Mississippi (View More Mississippi Info)

Lawyers working in Mississippi earned an annual mean wage of $101,240. Mississippi lawyers working in the following metropolitan areas in the state earned:

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula: $99,260
Jackson: $103,860
Hattiesburg: $92,270
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $128,680
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $80,760
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $80,790
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $120,900

Missouri (View More Missouri Info)

Missouri’s attorneys collected a yearly mean wage of $138,680. Salaries for lawyers working in Missouri’s cities include:

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL: $111,560
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $106,680
Columbia: $121,890
Jefferson City: $116,670
Joplin: $119,370
Kansas City, MO-KS: $145,930
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $112,260
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $108,040
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $103,560
Springfield: $124,970
Joseph, MO-KS: $121,410
Louis, MO-IL: $142,150

Montana (View More Montana Info)

Montanans working as lawyers averaged an annual mean wage of $98,170. Wages for attorneys in the metropolitan areas of Montana include:

Billings: $101,600
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area: $84,990
Great Falls: $94,440
Missoula: $95,720
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area: $100,560
West Montana nonmetropolitan area: $101,290

Nebraska (View More Nebraska Info)

Nebraska’s lawyers brought home an annual mean wage of $119,310. Lawyers working in Nebraska cities made:

Grand Island: $99,260
Lincoln: $116,500
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $104,890
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $93,900
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA: $124,260
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $96,800

Nevada (View More Nevada Info)

Attorneys in Nevada averaged a yearly mean salary of $166,740. The following Nevada cities paid its lawyers salaries of:

Carson City: $124,140
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise: $172,510
Nevada nonmetropolitan area: $144,780
Reno: $149,760

New Hampshire (View More New Hampshire Info)

New Hampshire’s attorneys earned a yearly mean wage of $130,130. Those working in the following New Hampshire cities earned:

Central New Hampshire nonmetro area: $100,240
Dover-Durham, NH-ME: $115,200
Manchester: $144,570
Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area: $95,690
Portsmouth, NH-ME: $140,140
West Central-Southwest nonmetro area: $147,440

New Jersey (View More New Jersey Info)

Lawyers employed in New Jersey averaged a yearly mean salary of $163,690. Attorneys working in New Jersey’s metropolitan areas brought home average wages of:

Atlantic City-Hammonton: $152,360
Ocean City: $116,690
Trenton: $150,660
Vineland-Bridgeton: $117,990

New Mexico (View More New Mexico Info)

New Mexico’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $110,970. Attorneys employed in cities across New Mexico averaged wages of:

Albuquerque: $113,170
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area: $100,510
Farmington: $95,170
Las Cruces: $110,310
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area: $110,750
Santa Fe: $112,140

New York (View More New York Info)

New York’s attorneys make the third-highest salary of lawyers in all states, earning $188,900 as of May 2022. Those working in the following New York cities earned:

Albany-Schenectady-Troy: $136,710
Binghamton: $115,230
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls: $127,820
Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area: $111,790
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area: $125,600
Elmira: $124,970
Glens Falls: $107,700
Ithaca: $143,840
Kingston: $125,260
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA: $193280
Rochester: $137,360
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area: $117,890
Syracuse: $153,310
Utica-Rome: $139,910
Watertown-Fort Drum: $116,620

North Carolina (View More North Carolina Info)

North Carolina’s lawyers brought home an annual mean salary of $146,890, as of May 2022. Those employed in these North Carolina cities earned:

Burlington: $120,550
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC: $162,310
Durham-Chapel Hill: $153,620
Fayetteville: $108,270
Greensboro-High Point: $139,190
Greenville: $144,520
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton: $116,550
Jacksonville: $122,510
Mountain North Carolina nonmetro area: $110,460
New Bern: $134,070
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area: $91,260
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetro area: $104,400
Raleigh: $140,340
Rocky Mount: $109,040
Southeast Coastal nonmetro area: $113,630
Wilmington: $128,940
Winston-Salem: $170,000

North Dakota (View More North Dakota Info)

Lawyers working in North Dakota earned an annual mean wage of $120,780. Attorneys working in these metropolitan areas of the state made:

Bismarck: $117,140
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area: $118,670
Fargo, ND-MN: $126,980
Grand Forks, ND-MN: $122,040
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area: $114,620

Ohio (View More Ohio Info)

Ohio’s attorneys averaged a yearly mean salary of $130,320. Lawyers working across Ohio in the following cities earned:

Akron: $126,000
Canton-Massillon: $117,660
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN: $133,490
Cleveland-Elyria: $133,710
Columbus: $135,740
Dayton: $109,530
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area: $108,190
Lima: $95,560
Mansfield: $97,190
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area: $105,170
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area: $106,480
Springfield: $113,220
Toledo: $125,970
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area: $120,580
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA: $100,220

Oklahoma (View More Oklahoma Info)

Lawyers employed in Oklahoma earned an annual mean wage of $114,470. Those working in the following Oklahoma cities made:

Enid: $101,900
Lawton: $102,040
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $99,220
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $99,740
Oklahoma City: $110,780
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area: $121,410
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $99,090
Tulsa: $126,070

Oregon (View More Oregon Info)

Oregon’s attorneys brought home an annual mean salary of $144,610. Lawyers working in these Oregon cities earned:

Albany: $118,310
Bend-Redmond: $122,310
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $109,910
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $106,930
Corvallis: $134,770
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $104,510
Eugene: $123,560
Grants Pass: $155,080
Medford: $130,960
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA: $153,030
Salem: $140,310

Pennsylvania (View More Pennsylvania Info)

Attorneys employed in Pennsylvania averaged a yearly mean wage of $144,570. Lawyers employed in Pennsylvania’s cities earned:

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: $134,530
Altoona: $88,710
Bloomsburg-Berwick: $144,710
Chambersburg-Waynesboro: $109,170
East Stroudsburg: $106,970
Erie: $110,920
Gettysburg: $102,360
Harrisburg-Carlisle: $128,120
Johnstown, PA-NJ: $111,080
Lancaster: $123,280
Lebanon: $110,450
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area: $113,850
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington: $159,900
Pittsburgh: $137,860
Reading: $136,470
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton: $123,710
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area: $107,810
State College: $118,190
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area: $112,080
Williamsport: $109,500
York-Hanover: $124,590

Rhode Island (View More Rhode Island Info)

Rhode Island’s attorneys earned a yearly mean salary of $156,300 Those working in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area earned an annual mean wage of $154,710.

South Carolina (View More South Carolina Info)

Lawyers employed in South Carolina earned an annual mean wage of $115,230. Working in the following South Carolina cities netted attorneys the below-listed wages:

Charleston-North Charleston: $111,240
Columbia: $111,730
Florence: $107,970
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin: $126,560
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort: $107,340
Lower Savannah nonmetropolitan area: $122,870
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach: $109,050
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area: $117,650
Spartanburg: $135,630
Sumter: $106,200
Upper Savannah nonmetropolitan area: $98,860

South Dakota (View More South Dakota Info)

South Dakota’s attorneys averaged a yearly mean wage of $109,190. Those employed in the following metropolitan areas of the state earned:

East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area: $112,030
Rapid City: $103,240
Sioux Fall: $126,200
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area: $85,760

Tennessee (View More Tennessee Info)

Lawyers employed in Tennessee brought home a yearly mean salary of $149,050. Attorneys working in these Tennessee cities earned:

Chattanooga: $163,450
Clarksville: $107,080
Cleveland: $125,940
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $124,690
Jackson: $134,220
Johnson City: $133,810
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol: $158,330
Knoxville: $162,430
Memphis, TN-MS-AR: $132,180
Morristown: $128,090
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin: $151,950
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $120,330
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $117,280
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $110,360

Texas (View More Texas Info)

Texans working as attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $166,620. Around the state of Texas, attorneys garnered the following wages:

Abilene: $121,050
Amarillo: $125,290
Austin-Round Rock: $150,400
Beaumont-Port Arthur: $134,620
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $121,680
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $123,290
Brownsville-Harlingen: $116,620
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $112,950
College Station-Bryan: $158,040
Corpus Christi: $169,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington: $181,840
El Paso: $135,620
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $103,770
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land: $176,370
Killeen-Temple: $143,220
Laredo: $106,980
Longview: $134,370
Lubbock: $135,040
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission: $114,900
Midland: $182,870
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $127,960
Odessa: $152,070
San Angelo: $128,630
San Antonio-New Braunfels: $143,130
Sherman-Denison: $121,280
Texarkana: $114,360
Tyler: $129,020
Victoria: $155,850
Waco: $148,340
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area: $154,330
Wichita Falls: $107,550

Utah (View More Utah Info)

Utah’s lawyers earned an annual mean salary of $133,920 as of May 2022. Cities in Utah paid their lawyers the following salaries:

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area: $103,680
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area: $122,280
Logan: $114,590
Ogden-Clearfield: $116,440
Provo-Orem: $149,900
Salt Lake City: $135,440
George: $114,860

Vermont (View More Vermont Info)

Lawyers working in Vermont earned an annual mean wage of $101,610. Those working in the following parts of Vermont earned:

Burlington-South Burlington: $111,930
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area: $100,480
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area: $87,610

Virginia (View More Virginia Info)

Attorneys employed in Virginia brought home an annual mean wage of $162,640. Lawyers working in Virginia’s cities earned:

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford: $110,770
Charlottesville: $154,790
Harrisonburg: $123,510
Lynchburg: $137,920
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $123,080
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $103,200
Richmond: $166,500
Roanoke: $152,900
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $103,710
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $103,820
Staunton-Waynesboro: $128,530
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News: $127,090
Winchester: $139,080

Washington (View More Washington Info)

Lawyers in Washington state earned a yearly mean salary of $162,200. Attorneys working in these metropolitan areas of Washington accrued:

Bellingham: $117,300
Bremerton-Silverdale: $128,250
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area: $117,820
Kennewick-Richland: $144,390
Longview: $110,650
Mount Vernon-Anacortes: $114,200
Olympia-Tumwater: $123,060
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue: $174,420
Spokane-Spokane Valley: $121,880
Wenatchee: $118,140
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area: $120,880
Yakima: $117,460

West Virginia (View More West Virginia Info)

West Virginia’s lawyers garnered an annual mean wage of $122,070. Those working in the following parts of West Virginia earned:

Beckley: $108,710
Charleston: $150,000
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: $100,430
Morgantown: $124,450
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $91,650
Parkersburg-Vienna: $120,810
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $92,500
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH: $107,930
Wheeling: $124,630

Wisconsin (View More Wisconsin Info)

Lawyers working in Wisconsin earned a yearly mean wage of $147,530. Attorneys working in these cities in Wisconsin brought home:

Appleton: $145,360
Eau Claire: $122,950
Fond du Lac: $110,210
Green Bay: $150,940
Janesville-Beloit: $111,080
La Crosse-Onalaska: $133,240
Madison: $137,860
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis: $167,110
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $110,190
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $99,780
Oshkosh-Neenah: $132,120
Racine: $111,410
Sheboygan: $131,850
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $104,480
Wausau: $127,360
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $104,110

Wyoming (View More Wyoming Info)

Wyoming’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $88,570 as of May 2022. Working in these cities garnered Wyoming attorneys the following salaries:

Casper: $790
Cheyenne: $98,600
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area: $78,270
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area: $84,000

Source

2022 US Bureau of Labor Statistics salary and employment figures for Lawyers reflect national data, not school-specific information. Conditions in your area may vary. Data accessed April 2023.