Lawyer · Columbia, SC
Lawyer in Columbia: $3,360/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Columbia at $105,200 a year. About 1,950 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.02). The 10th percentile is $63,030 and the 90th is $293,340. Pay ranks 282nd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,157/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,360 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 76 miles away, at $6,055 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,360
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$105,200
$63,030 to $293,340
Rent (1 bd)
$1,157
$1,377 (2 bd)
Employment
1,950
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
282nd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $105,200.
- Taxes$2,312
- Rent$1,157
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$3,360
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $105,200
- Federal income tax
- −$14,758
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,048
- State income tax (SC)
- −$4,940
- Take-home pay
- $77,454
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,157
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,095
Left over each month
$8,767 gross, minus $2,312 in tax and $3,095 in living costs.
$3,360
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 Columbia?
$105,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,950 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Columbia?
$3,360 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,157, and pay covers 7.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Charlotte, about 76 miles away, leaves $6,055 a month, more than Columbia.