Lawyer · Bowling Green, KY
Lawyer in Bowling Green: $3,042/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Bowling Green at $96,830 a year. About 250 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 $61,060 and the 90th is $162,710. Pay ranks 346th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,042 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Birmingham, about 249 miles away, at $6,779 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,042
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,830
$61,060 to $162,710
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 0.63
Pay rank
346th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $96,830.
- Taxes$2,127
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,042
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,830
- Federal income tax
- −$12,917
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,407
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,742
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,452
- Take-home pay
- $71,311
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$8,069 gross, minus $2,127 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$3,042
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Birmingham, $6,779/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Bowling Green?
$96,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Bowling Green?
$3,042 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Birmingham, about 249 miles away, leaves $6,779 a month, more than Bowling Green.