Lawyer · Hilton Head Island, SC
Lawyer in Hilton Head Island: $3,159/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Hilton Head Island at $107,740 a year. About 370 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $61,600 and the 90th is $219,990. Pay ranks 257th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,483/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,159 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 192 miles away, at $6,055 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,159
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,740
$61,600 to $219,990
Rent (1 bd)
$1,483
$1,766 (2 bd)
Employment
370
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
257th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $107,740.
- Taxes$2,388
- Rent$1,483
- Other living costs$1,948
- Left over$3,159
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,740
- Federal income tax
- −$15,317
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,242
- State income tax (SC)
- −$5,097
- Take-home pay
- $79,084
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,483
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,431
Left over each month
$8,978 gross, minus $2,388 in tax and $3,431 in living costs.
$3,159
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Charlotte, $6,055/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Hilton Head Island?
$107,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 370 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Hilton Head Island?
$3,159 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,483, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Charlotte, about 192 miles away, leaves $6,055 a month, more than Hilton Head Island.