Lawyer · Brunswick, GA
Lawyer in Brunswick: $4,360/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Brunswick at $125,480 a year. About 200 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $70,000 and the 90th is $219,880. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,208/mo). Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,360 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ocala, about 147 miles away, at $5,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,360
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$125,480
$70,000 to $219,880
Rent (1 bd)
$1,208
$1,438 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
167th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $125,480.
- Taxes$2,904
- Rent$1,208
- Other living costs$1,984
- Left over$4,360
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $125,480
- Federal income tax
- −$19,362
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,599
- State income tax (GA)
- −$5,890
- Take-home pay
- $90,629
- Effective tax rate
- 27.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,208
- Groceries
- $386
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $434
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,192
Left over each month
$10,457 gross, minus $2,904 in tax and $3,192 in living costs.
$4,360
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ocala, $5,273/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Brunswick?
$125,480 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Brunswick?
$4,360 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax Rent is $1,208, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Ocala, about 147 miles away, leaves $5,273 a month, more than Brunswick.