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Lawyer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers in Nassau-Suffolk is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Lawyers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$62,410
25th Percentile Wage
$78,590
50th Percentile Wage
$113,700
75th Percentile Wage
$161,320
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $161,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $113,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,410.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$113,700
1.80% 11.56%
2016
$111,650
2.84% -
2015
$108,480
5.49% -
2014
$102,520
-1.84% -
2013
$104,410
3.69% -
2012
$100,560
- -

Table 2. Compare Lawyer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $113,700 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Nassau-Suffolk is 35.5 percent (35.5%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 28.4 percent (28.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$176,170
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$157,020
Syracuse
$129,540
Ithaca
$125,490
Utica-Rome
$119,680
Rochester
$117,200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$116,180
Nassau-Suffolk
$113,700
Watertown-Fort Drum
$109,290
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$107,600
Kingston
$106,290
Binghamton
$103,540
Elmira
$100,560
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$99,300
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$98,450
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$95,010
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$94,500
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$86,910
Glens Falls
$85,980
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$81,380