This is a map of the US from TaxProf Blog which is a graphic representation of what lawyers earn compiled by each county.  The greens are the lowest average wage ($40,820 to $65,000 and $65k-85k) and the blues and reds are the highest ($125-145K and $145-192).  

What interests me about the numbers are two things.  First, the general wage for lawyers in most of the country is not huge.  But second, look at the concentration of blues and reds in California.   There is an old joke about that - "California has more lawyers and New Jersey has more toxic waste dumps; explain why."   New Jersey got first choice.