Lawyer · Elizabethtown, KY
Lawyer in Elizabethtown: $3,113/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Elizabethtown at $97,770 a year. About 120 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.49). The 10th percentile is $59,850 and the 90th is $161,890. Pay ranks 338th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,113 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 182 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,113
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,770
$59,850 to $161,890
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.49
Pay rank
338th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $97,770.
- Taxes$2,154
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$3,113
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,770
- Federal income tax
- −$13,123
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,479
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,780
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,467
- Take-home pay
- $71,921
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$8,148 gross, minus $2,154 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$3,113
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $6,280/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Elizabethtown?
$97,770 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Elizabethtown?
$3,113 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 8.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 182 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Elizabethtown.