Lawyer · Charleston, SC
Lawyer in Charleston: $4,105/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Charleston at $127,280 a year. About 1,590 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $75,960 and the 90th is $272,990. Pay ranks 146th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,588/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,105 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 155 miles away, at $6,055 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,105
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$127,280
$75,960 to $272,990
Rent (1 bd)
$1,588
$1,890 (2 bd)
Employment
1,590
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
146th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $127,280.
- Taxes$2,987
- Rent$1,588
- Other living costs$1,927
- Left over$4,105
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $127,280
- Federal income tax
- −$19,794
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,737
- State income tax (SC)
- −$6,309
- Take-home pay
- $91,440
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,588
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,515
Left over each month
$10,607 gross, minus $2,987 in tax and $3,515 in living costs.
$4,105
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Charlotte, $6,055/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Charleston?
$127,280 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,590 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Charleston?
$4,105 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,588, and pay covers 6.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Charlotte, about 155 miles away, leaves $6,055 a month, more than Charleston.