Lawyer · Ithaca, NY
Lawyer in Ithaca: $4,662/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Ithaca at $135,610 a year. About 130 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $80,470 and the 90th is $310,050. Pay ranks 74th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,571/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,662 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dover, about 237 miles away, at $6,606 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,662
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$135,610
$80,470 to $310,050
Rent (1 bd)
$1,571
$1,870 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
74th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $135,610.
- Taxes$3,271
- Rent$1,571
- Other living costs$1,797
- Left over$4,662
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $135,610
- Federal income tax
- −$21,793
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,374
- State income tax (NY)
- −$7,088
- Take-home pay
- $96,354
- Effective tax rate
- 28.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,571
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $359
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,368
Left over each month
$11,301 gross, minus $3,271 in tax and $3,368 in living costs.
$4,662
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dover, $6,606/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Ithaca?
$135,610 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Ithaca?
$4,662 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,571, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Dover, about 237 miles away, leaves $6,606 a month, more than Ithaca.