Lawyers
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 170.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of lawyers in Amherst Town earn more.
$122,670 in Amherst Town buys what $122,400 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $183,350 | $169,400 | 108.3 | +38.4% |
| Worcester | $129,400 | $126,200 | 102.5 | +3.1% |
| Springfield | $123,320 | $128,400 | 96.1 | +4.9% |
| Amherst Town This page | $122,670 | $122,400 | 100.2 | — |
| Barnstable Town | $122,640 | $124,700 | 98.4 | +1.9% |
| Pittsfield | $107,400 | $112,900 | 95.1 | −7.7% |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 170 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 23-1011, Lawyers. Mapped to our taxonomy as lawyers.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.