Lawyer · Charlottesville, VA
Lawyer in Charlottesville: $5,387/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Charlottesville at $149,430 a year. About 390 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.71). The 10th percentile is $75,770 and the 90th is $289,550. Pay ranks 47th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,517/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,387 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 85 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,387
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$149,430
$75,770 to $289,550
Rent (1 bd)
$1,517
$1,806 (2 bd)
Employment
390
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
47th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $149,430.
- Taxes$3,699
- Rent$1,517
- Other living costs$1,850
- Left over$5,387
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $149,430
- Federal income tax
- −$25,110
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,431
- State income tax (VA)
- −$7,846
- Take-home pay
- $105,042
- Effective tax rate
- 29.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,517
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $445
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,367
Left over each month
$12,453 gross, minus $3,699 in tax and $3,367 in living costs.
$5,387
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Washington, $6,949/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Charlottesville?
$149,430 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 390 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Charlottesville?
$5,387 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,517, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 85 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Charlottesville.