Lawyer · Beaumont, TX
Lawyer in Beaumont: $5,562/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Beaumont at $131,680 a year. About 500 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.63). The 10th percentile is $73,990 and the 90th is $340,300. Pay ranks 105th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($949/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,562 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Houston, about 71 miles away, at $6,756 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,562
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,680
$73,990 to $340,300
Rent (1 bd)
$949
$1,130 (2 bd)
Employment
500
Location quotient 0.63
Pay rank
105th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $131,680.
- Taxes$2,577
- Rent$949
- Other living costs$1,885
- Left over$5,562
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,680
- Federal income tax
- −$20,850
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,074
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $100,756
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $949
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $570
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,834
Left over each month
$10,973 gross, minus $2,577 in tax and $2,834 in living costs.
$5,562
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Houston, $6,756/mo.
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- Nurse practitioner
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Beaumont?
$131,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 500 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Beaumont?
$5,562 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $949, and pay covers 11.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Houston, about 71 miles away, leaves $6,756 a month, more than Beaumont.