Lawyer · Johnstown, PA
Lawyer in Johnstown: $3,110/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Johnstown at $93,710 a year. About 80 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.33). The 10th percentile is $58,520 and the 90th is $195,260. Pay ranks 356th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($722/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,110 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 133 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,110
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$93,710
$58,520 to $195,260
Rent (1 bd)
$722
$859 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.33
Pay rank
356th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $93,710.
- Taxes$1,934
- Rent$722
- Other living costs$2,043
- Left over$3,110
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $93,710
- Federal income tax
- −$12,230
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,169
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,877
- City / county wage tax
- −$937
- Take-home pay
- $70,497
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $722
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,765
Left over each month
$7,809 gross, minus $1,934 in tax and $2,765 in living costs.
$3,110
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Washington, $6,949/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Johnstown?
$93,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Johnstown?
$3,110 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $722, and pay covers 10.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 133 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Johnstown.