Lawyer · Lima, OH
Lawyer in Lima: $2,386/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Lima at $83,260 a year. About 90 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.36). The 10th percentile is $41,750 and the 90th is $192,340. Pay ranks 370th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,386 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 206 miles away, at $6,007 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,386
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$83,260
$41,750 to $192,340
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.36
Pay rank
370th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $83,260.
- Taxes$1,628
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$2,386
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,260
- Federal income tax
- −$9,931
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,369
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,573
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,665
- Take-home pay
- $63,721
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$6,938 gross, minus $1,628 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$2,386
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chicago, $6,007/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Lima?
$83,260 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 Lima?
$2,386 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $977, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chicago, about 206 miles away, leaves $6,007 a month, more than Lima.