Lawyer · Champaign, IL
Lawyer in Champaign: $5,050/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Champaign at $129,990 a year. About 250 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.49). The 10th percentile is $76,630 and the 90th is $303,410. Pay ranks 122nd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 12.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,050 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 74 miles away, at $6,581 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,050
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$129,990
$76,630 to $303,410
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 0.49
Pay rank
122nd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
12.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $129,990.
- Taxes$3,057
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,828
- Left over$5,050
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $129,990
- Federal income tax
- −$20,445
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,944
- State income tax (IL)
- −$6,297
- Take-home pay
- $93,304
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $459
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,725
Left over each month
$10,833 gross, minus $3,057 in tax and $2,725 in living costs.
$5,050
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $6,581/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Champaign?
$129,990 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 Champaign?
$5,050 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 12.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Peoria, about 74 miles away, leaves $6,581 a month, more than Champaign.