Lawyer · Jonesboro, AR
Lawyer in Jonesboro: $3,146/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Jonesboro at $92,510 a year. About 90 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.30). The 10th percentile is $50,890 and the 90th is $187,360. Pay ranks 359th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($837/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,146 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 221 miles away, at $5,657 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,146
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$92,510
$50,890 to $187,360
Rent (1 bd)
$837
$996 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.30
Pay rank
359th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $92,510.
- Taxes$1,870
- Rent$837
- Other living costs$1,856
- Left over$3,146
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $92,510
- Federal income tax
- −$11,966
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,077
- State income tax (AR)
- −$3,395
- Take-home pay
- $70,072
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $837
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,693
Left over each month
$7,709 gross, minus $1,870 in tax and $2,693 in living costs.
$3,146
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Nashville, $5,657/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Jonesboro?
$92,510 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Jonesboro?
$3,146 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $837, and pay covers 9.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Nashville, about 221 miles away, leaves $5,657 a month, more than Jonesboro.