Lawyer · Lafayette, LA
Lawyer in Lafayette: $4,063/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Lafayette at $111,160 a year. About 650 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.74). The 10th percentile is $60,160 and the 90th is $221,890. Pay ranks 233rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,052/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,063 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Houston, about 193 miles away, at $6,756 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,063
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$111,160
$60,160 to $221,890
Rent (1 bd)
$1,052
$1,252 (2 bd)
Employment
650
Location quotient 0.74
Pay rank
233rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $111,160.
- Taxes$2,294
- Rent$1,052
- Other living costs$1,854
- Left over$4,063
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $111,160
- Federal income tax
- −$16,069
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,504
- State income tax (LA)
- −$2,960
- Take-home pay
- $83,627
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,052
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,906
Left over each month
$9,263 gross, minus $2,294 in tax and $2,906 in living costs.
$4,063
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Houston, $6,756/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Lafayette?
$111,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 650 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Lafayette?
$4,063 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,052, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Houston, about 193 miles away, leaves $6,756 a month, more than Lafayette.