Lawyer · Lincoln, NE
Lawyer in Lincoln: $3,513/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Lincoln at $101,300 a year. About 820 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.92). The 10th percentile is $65,970 and the 90th is $175,470. Pay ranks 317th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,513 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Des Moines, about 170 miles away, at $5,352 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,513
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,300
$65,970 to $175,470
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
820
Location quotient 0.92
Pay rank
317th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $101,300.
- Taxes$2,170
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$3,513
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,300
- Federal income tax
- −$13,900
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,749
- State income tax (NE)
- −$4,389
- Take-home pay
- $75,262
- Effective tax rate
- 25.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$8,442 gross, minus $2,170 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$3,513
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Des Moines, $5,352/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Lincoln?
$101,300 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 820 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Lincoln?
$3,513 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Des Moines, about 170 miles away, leaves $5,352 a month, more than Lincoln.