Lawyers
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 20,080.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of lawyers in Boston earn more.
$183,350 in Boston buys what $169,400 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. 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. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston This page | $183,350 | $169,400 | 108.3 | — |
| Worcester | $129,400 | $126,200 | 102.5 | −25.5% |
| Springfield | $123,320 | $128,400 | 96.1 | −24.2% |
| Amherst Town | $122,670 | $122,400 | 100.2 | −27.7% |
| Barnstable Town | $122,640 | $124,700 | 98.4 | −26.4% |
| Pittsfield | $107,400 | $112,900 | 95.1 | −33.3% |
Price parity and difference against Boston 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
- 20,080 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 23-1011, Lawyers. Mapped to our taxonomy as lawyers.
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