Lawyer · Billings, MT
Lawyer in Billings: $3,317/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Billings at $104,150 a year. About 380 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $63,830 and the 90th is $190,420. Pay ranks 291st-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,317 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Casper, about 210 miles away, at $3,630 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,317
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$104,150
$63,830 to $190,420
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
380
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
291st of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $104,150.
- Taxes$2,294
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$3,317
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $104,150
- Federal income tax
- −$14,527
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,967
- State income tax (MT)
- −$5,030
- Take-home pay
- $76,625
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$8,679 gross, minus $2,294 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$3,317
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Casper, $3,630/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Billings?
$104,150 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 380 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Billings?
$3,317 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 7.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Casper, about 210 miles away, leaves $3,630 a month, more than Billings.