Lawyer · Grand Island, NE
Lawyer in Grand Island: $3,476/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Grand Island at $103,150 a year. About 50 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.27). The 10th percentile is $62,840 and the 90th is $164,860. Pay ranks 301st-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,082/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,476 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Des Moines, about 242 miles away, at $5,352 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,476
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$103,150
$62,840 to $164,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,082
$1,288 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.27
Pay rank
301st of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $103,150.
- Taxes$2,224
- Rent$1,082
- Other living costs$1,814
- Left over$3,476
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $103,150
- Federal income tax
- −$14,307
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,891
- State income tax (NE)
- −$4,485
- Take-home pay
- $76,467
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,082
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,896
Left over each month
$8,596 gross, minus $2,224 in tax and $2,896 in living costs.
$3,476
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Des Moines, $5,352/mo.
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- Electrician
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- Police officer
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Grand Island?
$103,150 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Grand Island?
$3,476 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,082, and pay covers 7.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Des Moines, about 242 miles away, leaves $5,352 a month, more than Grand Island.