Lawyer · Boise, ID
Lawyer in Boise: $3,370/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Boise at $109,780 a year. About 1,250 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.66). The 10th percentile is $75,000 and the 90th is $242,260. Pay ranks 239th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,383/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,370 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Salt Lake City, about 235 miles away, at $4,959 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,370
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$109,780
$75,000 to $242,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,383
$1,647 (2 bd)
Employment
1,250
Location quotient 0.66
Pay rank
239th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $109,780.
- Taxes$2,465
- Rent$1,383
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$3,370
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $109,780
- Federal income tax
- −$15,766
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,398
- State income tax (ID)
- −$5,421
- Take-home pay
- $80,196
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,383
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,313
Left over each month
$9,148 gross, minus $2,465 in tax and $3,313 in living costs.
$3,370
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Salt Lake City, $4,959/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Boise?
$109,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,250 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Boise?
$3,370 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,383, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Salt Lake City, about 235 miles away, leaves $4,959 a month, more than Boise.