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Lawyers working in the state of Alabama in May 2019 earned an annual mean wage of $114,240. Wages for other metropolitan areas in the state include:
- Huntsville: $124,390
- Birmingham-Hoover: $123,250
- Montgomery: $121,750
- Dothan: $114,230
- Auburn-Opelika: $109,990
- Mobile: $102,520
- Gadsden: $96,200
- Tuscaloosa: $95,240
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $92,070
- Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville: $91,170
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $90,230
- Decatur: $83,040
- Florence-Muscle Shoals: $82,890
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $76,990
- Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area: $75,640
Lawyers employed in Alaska earned an annual mean wage of $115,260. Around the state, attorney salaries were:
- Alaska nonmetropolitan area: $122,840
- Fairbanks: $115,890
- Anchorage: $112,820
Arizona’s lawyers brought home an annual mean salary of $136,170. Lawyers in Arizona’s cities earned:
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale: $140,110
- Flagstaff: $138,100
- Tucson: $128,800
- Arizona nonmetropolitan area: $123,010
- Yuma: $107,640
- Sierra Vista-Douglas: $91,080
- Prescott: $82,050
Lawyers working in the state of Arkansas garnered an annual mean wage of $94,000. Arkansas’ cities paid attorneys the following salaries:
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers: $115,940
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway: $92,090
- North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $88,760
- West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $85,440
- Fort Smith: $77,000
- Hot Springs: $75,660
- Pine Bluff: $70,030
- South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $63,180
- East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area: $43,780
Attorneys in California averaged an annual mean wage of $173,970, making them the second-highest paid lawyers in the nation as of May 2019. Around the Golden State, salaries for lawyers are as follows:
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara: $218,420
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward: $188,910
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim: $178,470
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario: $169,460
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura: $164,010
- Napa: $158,340
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $153,590
- Santa Rosa: $152,510
- San Diego-Carlsbad: $144,060
- Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade: $140,930
- Stockton-Lodi: $137,500
- Vallejo-Fairfield: $136,840
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara: $135,910
- Chico: $135,690
- North Valley-Northern Mountains: $134,400
- Bakersfield: $130,120
- Fresno: $128,450
- Yuba City: $124,700
- Visalia-Porterville: $121,810
- Modesto: $120,830
- Redding: $117,370
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande: $114,990
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode nonmetro area: $110,770
- North Coast nonmetropolitan area: $108,840
- Madera: $100,890
- El Centro: $99,780
Colorado’s lawyers acquired an annual mean salary of $150,630. In Colorado’s cities, attorneys earned:
- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood: $156,100
- Fort Collins: $140,790
- Northwest CO nonmetropolitan area: $132,400
- Colorado Springs: $114,240
- Greeley: $111,390
- Grand Junction: $104,730
- Southwest CO nonmetropolitan area: $89,200
- Pueblo: $74,420
Lawyers in Connecticut made a yearly mean wage of $154,610. Around Connecticut, lawyers earned:
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk: $177,930
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford: $150,220
- Danbury: $140,160
- Waterbury: $133,210
- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI: $132,310
- New Haven: $130,200
- Connecticut nonmetropolitan area: $90,810
District of Columbia’s attorneys are the highest-paid of lawyers in any state, earning $192,180 as of May 2019. In the Washington-Arlington-Alexandra DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, lawyers averaged an annual salary of $179,590.
Unfortunately, the BLS does not carry statistics for Delaware lawyer wages as of May 2019. 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’s lawyers accrued an annual mean wage of $130,010 as of May 2019. Around the state, lawyers earned the following salaries:
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: $150,340
- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton: $140,520
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers: $137,660
- Sebastian-Vero Beach: $129,990
- Jacksonville: $126,740
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach: $121,070
- Panama City: $119,500
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford: $117,330
- Tallahassee: $116,850
- Port St. Lucie: $114,060
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville: $113,290
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: $112,390
- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island: $111,080
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent: $105,690
- Punta Gorda: $103,120
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin: $98,310
- Gainesville: $97,510
- Lakeland-Winter Haven: $90,170
- North Florida nonmetropolitan area: $87,480
- Homosassa Springs: $84,450
- Ocala: $74,190
- South Florida nonmetropolitan area: $68,270
Attorneys working in Georgia averaged $130,320 annually. In Georgia’s cities, lawyers earned:
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell: $136,850
- South Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $120,750
- Rome: $119,080
- Columbus, GA-AL: $118,890
- Macon: $118,220
- Albany: $118,090
- Savannah: $115,170
- Brunswick: $111,920
- Dalton: $104,260
- Hinesville: $103,650
- Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $100,300
- Valdosta: $95,380
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC: $94,670
- Warner Robins: $92,280
- East Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $91,460
- Gainesville: $81,090
- Athens-Clarke County: $80,210
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan area: $64,560
Hawaii
Hawaii’s attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $109,420. Salaries earned by Hawaii’s lawyers working in various cities include:
- Urban Honolulu: $110,660
- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina: $107,710
- Hawaii/Kauai nonmetropolitan area: $98,490
Idaho
Lawyers employed in Idaho collected an annual mean wage of $105,450. Lawyers working in the following Idaho cities earned:
- Lewiston, ID-WA: $116,060
- Boise City: $110,060
- Pocatello: $108,680
- Idaho Falls: $100,580
- Twin Falls: $81,620
- Northwestern Idaho nonmetro area: $72,500
- Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area: $68,420
Illinois
Lawyers in Illinois earned the fifth-highest salary for lawyers in all states, averaging $157,010 as of May 2019. In Illinois’ cities, lawyers earned:
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI: $162,490
- Peoria: $131,300
- Decatur: $121,450
- East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $114,180
- West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $110,170
- Rockford: $109,770
- Springfield: $106,280
- Bloomington: $100,190
- Kankakee: $93,090
- Carbondale-Marion: $88,930
- Danville: $87,150
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $86,300
- South Illinois nonmetropolitan area: $84,470
Indiana
Indiana’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $111,790. Lawyers working in the following Indiana cities made:
- Fort Wayne: $151,780
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $121,190
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson: $112,070
- Columbus: $105,470
- Bloomington: $104,890
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $95,290
- Evansville, IN-KY: $92,440
- Terre Haute: $86,970
- Lafayette-West Lafayette: $82,020
- Elkhart-Goshen: $81,280
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area: $77,960
- Kokomo: $55,000
Iowa
Attorneys employed in Iowa accrued an annual mean wage of $119,700. Salaries for attorneys working across Iowa include:
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL: $149,940
- Des Moines-West Des Moines: $131,480
- Sioux City, IA-NE-SD: $122,280
- Cedar Rapids: $113,500
- Dubuque: $109,610
- Iowa City: $102,210
- Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $88,370
- Ames: $88,020
- Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $82,180
- Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area: $81,180
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls: $74,790
Kansas
Lawyers who are Kansans earned an annual mean wage of $110,290 in May 2019. Around Kansas, attorneys accrued:
- Lawrence: $114,460
- Topeka: $103,850
- Wichita: $87,270
- Manhattan: $82,170
- Kansas nonmetropolitan area: $69,120
Kentucky
Working in Kentucky earned lawyers an annual mean wage of $102,980 as of May 2019. Kentucky’s lawyers working in these cities earned:
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: $117,000
- Lexington-Fayette: $110,210
- East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $103,540
- West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $86,890
- Bowling Green: $85,540
- Owensboro: $77,130
- Elizabethtown-Fort Knox: $73,800
- South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $64,990
- Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area: $64,950
Louisiana
Louisiana’s lawyers brought home an annual mean wage of $108,070. Lawyers working in Louisiana’s cities earned:
- New Orleans-Metairie: $123,490
- Houma-Thibodaux: $115,190
- Baton Rouge: $108,540
- Shreveport-Bossier City: $103,190
- Lafayette: $91,440
- Lake Charles: $87,370
- Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $78,200
- Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $75,660
- Monroe: $75,560
- Hammond: $72,810
- Alexandria: $70,090
- Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area: $57,540
Maine
Lawyers in Maine averaged an annual mean wage of $106,350. Attorneys working in Maine’s cities brought home an income of:
- Portland-South Portland: $123,950
- Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area: $94,740
- Bangor: $93,150
- Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area: $88,390
- Lewiston-Auburn: $72,450
Maryland
Maryland’s attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $135,500. Around Maryland, lawyers earned:
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson: $133,940
- Salisbury, MD-DE: $120,090
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: $116,170
- California-Lexington Park: $114,140
- Maryland nonmetropolitan area: $98,940
- Cumberland, MD-WV: $82,130
Massachusetts
Massachusetts’ lawyers earned the fourth-highest salary of lawyers in all states, at $164,800 as of May 2019. In Massachusetts’ cities, attorneys earned:
- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH: $169,920
- Springfield, MA-CT: $126,770
- Worcester, MA-CT: $120,700
- New Bedford: $113,520
- Barnstable Town: $111,020
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area: $101,070
- Leominster-Gardner: $80,570
Michigan
Michigan’s attorneys brought home an annual mean wage of $116,310. Salaries for Michigan’s attorneys working in various cities include:
- Ann Arbor: $131,460
- Flint: $124,950
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn: $121,650
- Battle Creek: $113,820
- Saginaw: $112,480
- Kalamazoo-Portage: $106,650
- Lansing-East Lansing: $103,940
- Jackson: $102,970
- Niles-Benton Harbor: $102,180
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming: $101,140
- Northwest Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $97,840
- Balance of Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $94,820
- Monroe: $93,300
- Muskegon: $84,640
- Northeast Lower Peninsula nonmetro area: $82,220
- Upper Peninsula nonmetro area: $76,220
- Bay City: $73,410
Minnesota
Attorneys employed in Minnesota made an annual mean wage of $124,510. Those working in these Minnesota cities earned:
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: $128,640
- Rochester: $114,150
- Southeast nonmetropolitan area: $107,780
- Cloud: $106,650
- Duluth, MN-WI: $104,380
- Northwest nonmetropolitan area: $94,000
- Mankato-North Mankato: $83,230
- Southwest nonmetropolitan area: $80,930
Mississippi
Lawyers working in Mississippi earned an annual mean wage of $95,040. Mississippi lawyers working in the following metropolitan areas in the state earned:
- Jackson: $103,850
- Hattiesburg: $92,260
- Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $74,150
- Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $71,550
- Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area: $51,470
Missouri
Missouri’s attorneys collected a yearly mean wage of $109,820. Salaries for lawyers working in Missouri’s cities include:
- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL: $121,910
- Kansas City, MO-KS: $120,010
- Louis, MO-IL: $117,790
- Springfield: $101,680
- Joplin: $90,350
- Columbia: $90,260
- Jefferson City: $85,010
- Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $83,110
- Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $78,350
- Joseph, MO-KS: $76,990
- North Missouri nonmetropolitan area: $70,590
Montana
Montanans working as lawyers averaged an annual mean wage of $83,030. Wages for attorneys in the metropolitan areas of Montana include:
- Billings: $101,250
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area: $78,510
- East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area: $75,740
- Missoula: $74,940
- West Montana nonmetropolitan area: $65,230
Nebraska
Nebraska’s lawyers brought home an annual mean wage of $112,860. Lawyers working in Nebraska cities made:
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA: $123,000
- Grand Island: $107,950
- South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $100,580
- Lincoln: $97,020
- Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $87,070
- Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area: $79,900
Nevada
Attorneys in Nevada averaged a yearly mean salary of $131,190. The following Nevada cities paid its lawyers salaries of:
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise: $133,940
- Reno: $127,300
- Nevada nonmetropolitan area: $121,250
- Carson City: $102,390
New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s attorneys earned a yearly mean wage of $126,220. Those working in the following New Hampshire cities earned:
- Central New Hampshire nonmetro area: $136,710
- Portsmouth, NH-ME: $134,710
- Dover-Durham, NH-ME: $132,610
- Manchester: $128,530
- Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area: $127,860
- West Central-Southwest nonmetro area: $107,450
New Jersey
Lawyers employed in New Jersey averaged a yearly mean salary of $147,170. Attorneys working in New Jersey’s metropolitan areas brought home average wages of:
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA: $174,720
- Trenton: $130,910
- Atlantic City-Hammonton: $116,790
- Vineland-Bridgeton: $107,180
New Mexico
New Mexico’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $103,290. Attorneys employed in cities across New Mexico averaged wages of:
- Albuquerque: $108,230
- Las Cruces: $104,070
- Farmington: $97,040
- Santa Fe: $95,710
- Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area: $92,100
- Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area: $87,840
New York
New York’s attorneys make the third-highest salary of lawyers in all states, earning $168,170 as of May 2019. Those working in the following New York cities earned:
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA: $174,720
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area: $117,570
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy: $115,710
- Utica-Rome: $114,170
- Elmira: $111,340
- Central East New York nonmetropolitan area: $106,660
- Ithaca: $106,120
- Watertown-Fort Drum: $105,950
- Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area: $105,100
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls: $104,360
- Syracuse: $96,530
- Rochester: $93,230
- Glens Falls: $90,220
- Binghamton: $86,030
North Carolina
North Carolina’s lawyers brought home an annual mean salary of $133,290 as of May 2019. Those employed in these North Carolina cities earned:
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC: $149,540
- Raleigh: $142,410
- New Bern: $136,380
- Greenville: $134,430
- Durham-Chapel Hill: $128,460
- Winston-Salem: $128,240
- Fayetteville: $118,540
- Greensboro-High Point: $117,320
- Piedmont North Carolina nonmetro area: $116,190
- Burlington: $111,560
- Rocky Mount: $110,170
- Goldsboro: $104,590
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton: $102,070
- Jacksonville: $95,580
- Asheville: $94,910
- Southeast Coastal nonmetro area: $94,160
- Mountain North Carolina nonmetro area: $89,940
- Wilmington: $85,330
North Dakota
Lawyers working in North Dakota earned an annual mean wage of $113,280. Attorneys working in these metropolitan areas of the state made:
- Bismarck: $126,000
- Grand Forks, ND-MN: $109,040
- Fargo, ND-MN: $108,600
- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area: $97,030
Ohio
Ohio’s attorneys averaged a yearly mean salary of $124,160. Lawyers working across Ohio in the following cities earned:
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN: $138,180
- Cleveland-Elyria: $137,520
- Akron: $125,740
- Toledo: $120,460
- Canton-Massillon: $117,380
- Columbus: $115,490
- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA: $109,210
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area: $107,430
- Dayton: $106,290
- West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area: $96,830
- Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area: $84,460
- North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area: $79,570
- Mansfield: $73,320
- Lima: $67,600
Oklahoma
Lawyers employed in Oklahoma earned an annual mean wage of $116,270. Those working in the following Ohio cities made:
- Tulsa: $131,930
- Oklahoma City: $117,970
- Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $96,320
- Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area: $85,650
- Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $81,390
- Lawton: $77,730
- Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area: $71,800
- Enid: $69,100
Oregon
Oregon’s attorneys brought home an annual mean salary of $116,870. Lawyers working in these Oregon cities earned:
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA: $123,750
- Salem: $123,480
- Medford: $105,880
- Corvallis: $103,920
- Eugene: $103,540
- Bend-Redmond: $97,410
- Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $89,470
- Albany: $86,180
- Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $85,260
- Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area: $84,300
- Grants Pass: $70,500
Pennsylvania
Attorneys employed in Pennsylvania averaged a yearly mean wage of $142,890. Lawyers employed in Pennsylvania’s cities earned:
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD: $156,870
- Pittsburgh: $137,800
- Northern Pennsylvania nonmetro area: $127,910
- Erie: $125,700
- York-Hanover: $122,370
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: $115,770
- Harrisburg-Carlisle: $112,840
- Williamsport: $105,860
- Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area: $103,840
- Altoona: $103,820
- State College: $101,790
- Gettysburg: $92,890
- Scranton–Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton: $89,490
- Lancaster: $82,800
- East Stroudsburg: $82,770
- Johnstown: $82,210
- Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area: $79,590
- Lebanon: $67,190
Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s attorneys earned a yearly mean salary of $124,600. Those working in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area earned an annual mean wage of $120,580.
South Carolina
Lawyers employed in South Carolina earned an annual mean wage of $111,090. Working in the following South Carolina cities netted attorneys the below-listed wages:
- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin: $124,950
- Columbia: $120,210
- Spartanburg: $115,360
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort: $106,630
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach: $106,490
- Lower Savannah nonmetropolitan area: $104,930
- Northeast nonmetropolitan area: $103,580
- Charleston-North Charleston: $100,840
- Florence: $87,330
- Sumter: $82,060
- Upper Savannah nonmetropolitan area: $50,730
South Dakota
South Dakota’s attorneys averaged a yearly mean wage of $112,810. Those employed in the following metropolitan areas of the state earned:
- Sioux Falls: $151,540
- Rapid City: $92,720
- West nonmetropolitan area: $83,400
- East nonmetropolitan area: $80,580
Tennessee
Lawyers employed in Tennessee brought home a yearly mean salary of $124,370. Attorneys working in these Tennessee cities earned:
- Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro—Franklin: $129,740
- Jackson: $124,240
- North Central nonmetropolitan area: $118,780
- Knoxville: $118,590
- Johnson City: $116,360
- South Central nonmetropolitan area: $111,170
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR: $109,480
- Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA: $107,580
- East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $105,150
- West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area: $103,550
- Morristown: $87,040
- Clarksville, TN-KY: $74,130
Texas
Texans working as attorneys earned an annual mean wage of $144,110. Around the state of Texas, attorneys garnered the following wages:
- Beaumont-Port Arthur: $166,850
- Midland: $156,230
- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land: $155,520
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington: $151,100
- West Texas Region nonmetropolitan area: $146,440
- Austin-Round Rock: $138,990
- San Angelo: $137,980
- Sherman-Denison: $132,040
- Longview: $131,690
- San Antonio-New Braunfels: $128,280
- Odessa: $127,330
- Tyler: $126,240
- Lubbock: $125,690
- El Paso: $124,900
- Waco: $121,300
- Abilene: $117,940
- College Station-Bryan: $117,070
- Amarillo: $114,670
- Killeen-Temple: $110,860
- Laredo: $110,220
- North Texas Region nonmetropolitan area: $107,620
- Border Region nonmetropolitan area: $99,930
- Coastal Plains Region nonmetropolitan area: $97,360
- Wichita Falls: $94,720
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission: $93,600
- Big Thicket Region nonmetropolitan area: $88,990
- Brownsville-Harlingen: $86,600
- Texarkana, TX-AR: $85,850
- Hill Country Region nonmetropolitan area: $78,760
Utah
Utah’s lawyers earned an annual mean salary of $134,770 as of May 2019. Cities in Utah paid their lawyers the following salaries:
- Provo-Orem: $152,040
- Salt Lake City: $142,790
- George: $121,550
- Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area: $103,650
- Ogden-Clearfield: $80,680
- Central Utah nonmetropolitan area: $80,380
Vermont
Lawyers working in Vermont earned an annual mean wage of $104,790. Those working in the following parts of Vermont earned:
- Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area: $125,260
- Burlington-South Burlington: $101,790
- Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area: $90,860
Virginia
Attorneys employed in Virginia brought home an annual mean wage of $102,040. Lawyers working in Virginia’s cities earned:
- Richmond: $144,400
- Harrisonburg: $131,430
- Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC: $126,010
- Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford: $115,570
- Roanoke: $102,030
- Lynchburg: $100,760
- Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $99,450
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $98,670
- Winchester, VA-WV: $95,490
- Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $86,750
- Staunton-Waynesboro: $81,410
Washington
Lawyers in Washington state earned a yearly mean salary of $129,550. Attorneys working in these metropolitan areas of Washington accrued:
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue: $138,490
- Olympia-Tumwater: $110,260
- Yakima: $109,790
- Wenatchee: $106,670
- Kennewick-Richland: $105,050
- Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area: $101,750
- Walla Walla: $99,940
- Spokane-Spokane Valley: $97,980
- Bremerton-Silverdale: $95,690
- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area: $93,530
- Bellingham: $92,840
- Longview: $92,240
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes: $91,150
West Virginia
West Virginia’s lawyers garnered an annual mean wage of $102,040. Those working in the following parts of West Virginia earned:
- Morgantown: $129,600
- Wheeling, WV-OH: $115,850
- Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $114,920
- Beckley: $107,590
- Parkersburg-Vienna: $103,140
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: $99,490
- Charleston: $97,450
- Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH: $77,940
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area: $64,670
Wisconsin
Lawyers working in Wisconsin earned a yearly mean wage of $129,440. Attorneys working in these cities in Wisconsin brought home:
- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis: $146,710
- Wausau: $128,910
- Madison: $120,700
- Racine: $113,470
- Green Bay: $112,720
- Fond du Lac: $108,160
- Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $108,020
- Sheboygan: $106,990
- Oshkosh-Neenah: $99,390
- Northwestern nonmetropolitan area: $98,880
- Janesville-Beloit: $96,160
- Eau Claire: $94,990
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN: $86,930
- South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area: $79,540
Wyoming
Wyoming’s lawyers earned an annual mean wage of $100,090 as of May 2019. Working in these cities garnered Wyoming attorneys the following salaries:
- Casper: $103,880
- Cheyenne: $101,590
- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area: $99,990
- Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area: $96,610
Sources
DePietro, Andrew. “Here’s How Much Money Lawyers Make in Every State.” Forbes. 18 November 2019. Accessed 13 January 2021 at https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2019/11/18/lawyer-salary-state/?sh=676949d879a1.
“Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019: 23-1011: Lawyers.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed 13 January 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm.