Lawyer · Huntington, WV
Lawyer in Huntington: $3,305/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Huntington at $98,070 a year. About 390 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.57). The 10th percentile is $57,960 and the 90th is $192,340. Pay ranks 336th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($801/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,305 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 242 miles away, at $6,055 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,305
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,070
$57,960 to $192,340
Rent (1 bd)
$801
$954 (2 bd)
Employment
390
Location quotient 0.57
Pay rank
336th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $98,070.
- Taxes$2,048
- Rent$801
- Other living costs$2,018
- Left over$3,305
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,070
- Federal income tax
- −$13,189
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,502
- State income tax (WV)
- −$3,888
- Take-home pay
- $73,490
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $801
- Groceries
- $389
- Getting around
- $607
- Healthcare
- $438
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $341
- Total spending
- $2,819
Left over each month
$8,173 gross, minus $2,048 in tax and $2,819 in living costs.
$3,305
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 Huntington?
$98,070 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 390 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Huntington?
$3,305 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $801, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Charlotte, about 242 miles away, leaves $6,055 a month, more than Huntington.