Lawyer · Bridgeport, CT
Lawyer in Bridgeport: $6,157/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Bridgeport at $180,610 a year. About 2,100 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $103,760 and the 90th is $402,750. Pay ranks 9th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,157 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dover, about 186 miles away, at $6,606 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,157
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$180,610
$103,760 to $402,750
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
2,100
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
9th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $180,610.
- Taxes$4,643
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$6,157
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $180,610
- Federal income tax
- −$32,593
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,537
- State income tax (CT)
- −$9,587
- Take-home pay
- $124,893
- Effective tax rate
- 30.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$15,051 gross, minus $4,643 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$6,157
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dover, $6,606/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Bridgeport?
$180,610 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,100 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Bridgeport?
$6,157 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Dover, about 186 miles away, leaves $6,606 a month, more than Bridgeport.