2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Lawyers

Springfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 770.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 23-1011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$123,320 · 50th
$73,27010th
$85,33025th
$123,32050th
$171,08075th
$249,43090th

That is the medianhalf of lawyers in Springfield earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$123,320 in Springfield buys what $128,400 buys across the country as a whole.

Springfield's regional price parity is 96.1 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Springfield
Boston$183,350$169,400108.3+31.9%
Worcester$129,400$126,200102.5−1.7%
Springfield This page$123,320$128,40096.1
Amherst Town$122,670$122,400100.2−4.7%
Barnstable Town$122,640$124,70098.4−2.9%
Pittsfield$107,400$112,90095.1−12.0%

Price parity and difference against Springfield are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

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
770 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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