Lawyer · Daphne, AL
Lawyer in Daphne: $1,832/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Daphne at $80,090 a year. About 180 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.43). The 10th percentile is $63,230 and the 90th is $218,240. Pay ranks 373rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,832 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Birmingham, about 201 miles away, at $6,779 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,832
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,090
$63,230 to $218,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
180
Location quotient 0.43
Pay rank
373rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $80,090.
- Taxes$1,665
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$1,832
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,090
- Federal income tax
- −$9,234
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,127
- State income tax (AL)
- −$3,815
- City / county wage tax
- −$801
- Take-home pay
- $60,114
- Effective tax rate
- 24.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$6,674 gross, minus $1,665 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
$1,832
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Birmingham, $6,779/mo.
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- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Daphne?
$80,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 180 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Daphne?
$1,832 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,252, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Birmingham, about 201 miles away, leaves $6,779 a month, more than Daphne.