Lawyer · Milwaukee, WI
Lawyer in Milwaukee: $4,720/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Milwaukee at $131,100 a year. About 4,040 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.02). The 10th percentile is $78,970 and the 90th is $436,120. Pay ranks 112th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,261/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,720 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 170 miles away, at $6,581 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,720
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,100
$78,970 to $436,120
Rent (1 bd)
$1,261
$1,501 (2 bd)
Employment
4,040
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
112th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $131,100.
- Taxes$3,049
- Rent$1,261
- Other living costs$1,895
- Left over$4,720
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,100
- Federal income tax
- −$20,711
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,029
- State income tax (WI)
- −$5,851
- Take-home pay
- $94,509
- Effective tax rate
- 27.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,261
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $503
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,156
Left over each month
$10,925 gross, minus $3,049 in tax and $3,156 in living costs.
$4,720
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $6,581/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Milwaukee?
$131,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,040 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Milwaukee?
$4,720 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,261, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Peoria, about 170 miles away, leaves $6,581 a month, more than Milwaukee.