Lawyer · Fargo, ND
Lawyer in Fargo: $4,477/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Fargo at $111,090 a year. About 410 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $70,180 and the 90th is $202,750. Pay ranks 234th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,477 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Minneapolis, about 217 miles away, at $5,852 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,477
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$111,090
$70,180 to $202,750
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
410
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
234th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $111,090.
- Taxes$2,124
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$4,477
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $111,090
- Federal income tax
- −$16,054
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,498
- State income tax (ND)
- −$936
- Take-home pay
- $85,602
- Effective tax rate
- 22.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$9,258 gross, minus $2,124 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$4,477
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Minneapolis, $5,852/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Fargo?
$111,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 410 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Fargo?
$4,477 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 10.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Minneapolis, about 217 miles away, leaves $5,852 a month, more than Fargo.