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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.