Lawyer · Bangor, ME
Lawyer in Bangor: $3,669/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Bangor at $116,240 a year. About 210 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $71,810 and the 90th is $202,010. Pay ranks 215th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,215/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,669 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Boston, about 232 miles away, at $5,955 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,669
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$116,240
$71,810 to $202,010
Rent (1 bd)
$1,215
$1,447 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
215th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $116,240.
- Taxes$2,737
- Rent$1,215
- Other living costs$2,066
- Left over$3,669
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $116,240
- Federal income tax
- −$17,187
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,892
- State income tax (ME)
- −$6,759
- Take-home pay
- $83,402
- Effective tax rate
- 28.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,215
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $578
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,281
Left over each month
$9,687 gross, minus $2,737 in tax and $3,281 in living costs.
$3,669
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Boston, $5,955/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Bangor?
$116,240 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 210 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Bangor?
$3,669 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,215, and pay covers 8.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Boston, about 232 miles away, leaves $5,955 a month, more than Bangor.