Lawyer · Burlington, VT
Lawyer in Burlington: $3,752/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Burlington at $125,190 a year. About 550 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $86,580 and the 90th is $240,920. Pay ranks 170th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,795/mo). Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,752 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bridgeport, about 238 miles away, at $6,157 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,752
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$125,190
$86,580 to $240,920
Rent (1 bd)
$1,795
$2,137 (2 bd)
Employment
550
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
170th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $125,190.
- Taxes$2,940
- Rent$1,795
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$3,752
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $125,190
- Federal income tax
- −$19,293
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,577
- State income tax (VT)
- −$6,406
- Take-home pay
- $89,914
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,795
- Groceries
- $403
- Getting around
- $484
- Healthcare
- $454
- Utilities and internet
- $252
- Everything else
- $353
- Total spending
- $3,741
Left over each month
$10,433 gross, minus $2,940 in tax and $3,741 in living costs.
$3,752
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bridgeport, $6,157/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Burlington?
$125,190 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 550 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Burlington?
$3,752 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,795, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Bridgeport, about 238 miles away, leaves $6,157 a month, more than Burlington.