Lawyer · Great Falls, MT
Lawyer in Great Falls: $3,490/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Great Falls at $106,450 a year. About 140 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $54,250 and the 90th is $154,430. Pay ranks 271st-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,042/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,490 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Helena is the strongest other metro for this job ($3,439 left over a month), and Great Falls still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,490
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$106,450
$54,250 to $154,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,042
$1,240 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
271st of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $106,450.
- Taxes$2,362
- Rent$1,042
- Other living costs$1,977
- Left over$3,490
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $106,450
- Federal income tax
- −$15,033
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,143
- State income tax (MT)
- −$5,166
- Take-home pay
- $78,108
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,042
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $583
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,019
Left over each month
$8,871 gross, minus $2,362 in tax and $3,019 in living costs.
$3,490
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Helena, $3,439/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Great Falls?
$106,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Great Falls?
$3,490 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,042, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Great Falls leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Helena at $3,439 a month.