Lawyer · Lexington, KY
Lawyer in Lexington: $3,667/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Lexington at $111,040 a year. About 1,040 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $64,130 and the 90th is $213,600. Pay ranks 235th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,667 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 217 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,667
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$111,040
$64,130 to $213,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
1,040
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
235th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $111,040.
- Taxes$2,543
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$3,667
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $111,040
- Federal income tax
- −$16,043
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,495
- State income tax (KY)
- −$4,311
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,666
- Take-home pay
- $80,526
- Effective tax rate
- 27.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$9,253 gross, minus $2,543 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$3,667
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $6,280/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Lexington?
$111,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,040 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Lexington?
$3,667 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 217 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Lexington.