[marktwain]

"An interesting exercise...I would bet that if you took the dead center median of lawyers that salary would come out about the same. But the thing is, my point of view may be inaccurate because I live in NYC, so lawyers would tend to earn more than in other geographic areas."

Exactly so. NYC is famous for its highly inflated salaries and living expenses. I live in rural Arizona, exactly the opposite in demographics. I suspect it would take three times my salary to live as well... No, it would be impossible for me to live as well in NYC. I don't like living in crowded urban areas, but some people do. More power to 'em, leaves more room for me.

[durasell]

The salaries are inflated in NYC because of competition for talent. Talent in many fields gets bid up to outrageous and humorous levels. But that talent has the potential to directly add to the bottomline.


NYC is different than rural areas. No better or worse, just different. I could write a book on the contrasts...