Lawyer · Beckley, WV
Lawyer in Beckley: $2,691/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Beckley at $87,930 a year. About 80 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.40). The 10th percentile is $60,400 and the 90th is $159,410. Pay ranks 365th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($853/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,691 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 209 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,691
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$87,930
$60,400 to $159,410
Rent (1 bd)
$853
$1,015 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.40
Pay rank
365th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $87,930.
- Taxes$1,757
- Rent$853
- Other living costs$2,026
- Left over$2,691
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,930
- Federal income tax
- −$10,959
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,727
- State income tax (WV)
- −$3,400
- Take-home pay
- $66,845
- Effective tax rate
- 24.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $853
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $611
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$7,328 gross, minus $1,757 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$2,691
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Washington, $6,949/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Beckley?
$87,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Beckley?
$2,691 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $853, and pay covers 8.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 209 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Beckley.