Lawyer · Dover, DE
Lawyer in Dover: $6,606/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Dover median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Delaware median, $173,510 a year. BLS still counts about 240 lawyer jobs in the metro, without a published wage. Delaware has about 2,920 lawyer jobs. The 10th percentile is $101,200 and the 90th is $354,910. On the pay used here, Dover ranks 16th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 10.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,606 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 109 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,606
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$173,510
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
16th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
10.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $173,510.
- Taxes$4,536
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$6,606
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $173,510
- Federal income tax
- −$30,889
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,274
- State income tax (DE)
- −$10,265
- Take-home pay
- $119,082
- Effective tax rate
- 31.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$14,459 gross, minus $4,536 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$6,606
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 Dover?
$173,510 a year. That figure is the Delaware median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published. About 240 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Dover?
$6,606 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 10.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 109 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Dover.