Lawyer · Columbia, MO
Lawyer in Columbia: $3,888/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Columbia at $107,890 a year. About 400 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $61,990 and the 90th is $217,540. Pay ranks 254th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,020/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,888 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 205 miles away, at $6,581 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,888
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,890
$61,990 to $217,540
Rent (1 bd)
$1,020
$1,214 (2 bd)
Employment
400
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
254th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $107,890.
- Taxes$2,312
- Rent$1,020
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$3,888
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,890
- Federal income tax
- −$15,350
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,254
- State income tax (MO)
- −$4,144
- Take-home pay
- $80,143
- Effective tax rate
- 25.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,020
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $502
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,791
Left over each month
$8,991 gross, minus $2,312 in tax and $2,791 in living costs.
$3,888
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 Columbia?
$107,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 400 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Columbia?
$3,888 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,020, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Peoria, about 205 miles away, leaves $6,581 a month, more than Columbia.