Lawyer Salaries By State

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Alabama (View More Alabama Info)

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

Alaska (View More Alaska Info)

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 (View More Arizona Info)

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

Arkansas (View More Arkansas Info)

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

California (View More California Info)

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 (View More Colorado Info)

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

Connecticut (View More cCnnecticut Info)

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 (View More District of Columbia Info)

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.

Delaware (View More Delaware Info)

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 (View More Florida Info)

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

Georgia (View More Georgia Info)

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 (View More Hawaii Info)

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 (View More Idaho Info)

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 (View More Illinois Info)

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 (View More Indiana Info)

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 (View More Iowa Info)

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 (View More Kansas Info)

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 (View More Kentucky Info)

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 (View More Louisiana Info)

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 (View More Maine Info)

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 (View More Maryland Info)

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 (View More Massachusetts Info)

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 (View More Michigan Info)

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 (View More Minnesota Info)

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 (View More Mississippi Info)

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 (View More Missouri Info)

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 (View More Montana Info)

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 (View More Nebraska Info)

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 (View More Nevada Info)

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 (View More New Hampshire Info)

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 (View More New Jersey Info)

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 (View More New Mexico Info)

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 (View More New York Info)

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 (View More North Carolina Info)

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 (View More North Dakota Info)

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 (View More Ohio Info)

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 (View More Oklahoma Info)

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 (View More Oregon Info)

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 (View More Pennsylvania Info)

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 (View More Rhode Island Info)

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 (View More South Carolina Info)

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 (View More South Dakota Info)

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 (View More Tennessee Info)

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 (View More Texas Info)

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 (View More Utah Info)

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 (View More Vermont Info)

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 (View More Virginia Info)

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 (View More Washington Info)

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 (View More West Virginia Info)

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 (View More Wisconsin Info)

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 (View More Wyoming Info)

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.