Lawyer · Minot, ND
Lawyer in Minot: $4,493/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Minot at $114,180 a year. About 70 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.41). The 10th percentile is $71,860 and the 90th is $197,470. Pay ranks 223rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,010/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,493 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Fargo is the strongest other metro for this job ($4,477 left over a month), and Minot still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,493
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$114,180
$71,860 to $197,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,010
$1,202 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.41
Pay rank
223rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $114,180.
- Taxes$2,205
- Rent$1,010
- Other living costs$1,807
- Left over$4,493
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $114,180
- Federal income tax
- −$16,734
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,735
- State income tax (ND)
- −$997
- Take-home pay
- $87,715
- Effective tax rate
- 23.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,010
- Groceries
- $348
- Getting around
- $544
- Healthcare
- $392
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $305
- Total spending
- $2,817
Left over each month
$9,515 gross, minus $2,205 in tax and $2,817 in living costs.
$4,493
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fargo, $4,477/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Minot?
$114,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 70 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Minot?
$4,493 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,010, and pay covers 9.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Minot leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Fargo at $4,477 a month.