Lawyer · Idaho Falls, ID
Lawyer in Idaho Falls: $2,954/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Idaho Falls at $95,300 a year. About 190 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.47). The 10th percentile is $37,400 and the 90th is $182,830. Pay ranks 349th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,954 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Salt Lake City, about 212 miles away, at $4,959 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,954
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$95,300
$37,400 to $182,830
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,172 (2 bd)
Employment
190
Location quotient 0.47
Pay rank
349th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $95,300.
- Taxes$2,039
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$2,954
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $95,300
- Federal income tax
- −$12,580
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,290
- State income tax (ID)
- −$4,596
- Take-home pay
- $70,834
- Effective tax rate
- 25.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $2,949
Left over each month
$7,942 gross, minus $2,039 in tax and $2,949 in living costs.
$2,954
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Salt Lake City, $4,959/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Idaho Falls?
$95,300 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 190 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Idaho Falls?
$2,954 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Salt Lake City, about 212 miles away, leaves $4,959 a month, more than Idaho Falls.