Lawyer · Cincinnati, OH
Lawyer in Cincinnati: $4,829/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Cincinnati at $130,980 a year. About 3,870 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.72). The 10th percentile is $72,660 and the 90th is $280,430. Pay ranks 113th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,829 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 241 miles away, at $5,657 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,829
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$130,980
$72,660 to $280,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
3,870
Location quotient 0.72
Pay rank
113th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $130,980.
- Taxes$3,037
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$4,829
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $130,980
- Federal income tax
- −$20,682
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,020
- State income tax (OH)
- −$3,118
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,620
- Take-home pay
- $94,540
- Effective tax rate
- 27.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$10,915 gross, minus $3,037 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$4,829
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Nashville, $5,657/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Cincinnati?
$130,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,870 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Cincinnati?
$4,829 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,168, and pay covers 9.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Nashville, about 241 miles away, leaves $5,657 a month, more than Cincinnati.