Lawyer · Louisville, KY
Lawyer in Louisville: $4,431/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Louisville at $124,530 a year. About 2,000 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $65,310 and the 90th is $211,880. Pay ranks 177th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,431 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 220 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,431
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$124,530
$65,310 to $211,880
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
2,000
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
177th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $124,530.
- Taxes$3,021
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$4,431
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $124,530
- Federal income tax
- −$19,134
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,527
- State income tax (KY)
- −$4,850
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,740
- Take-home pay
- $88,279
- Effective tax rate
- 29.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$10,378 gross, minus $3,021 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$4,431
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 Louisville?
$124,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,000 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Louisville?
$4,431 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 9.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 220 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Louisville.