Lawyer · Napa, CA
Lawyer in Napa: $5,214/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Napa at $168,720 a year. About 110 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.28). The 10th percentile is $80,530 and the 90th is $306,130. Pay ranks 19th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,165/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,214 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is San Jose, about 122 miles away, at $10,359 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,214
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$168,720
$80,530 to $306,130
Rent (1 bd)
$2,165
$2,577 (2 bd)
Employment
110
Location quotient 0.28
Pay rank
19th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $168,720.
- Taxes$4,530
- Rent$2,165
- Other living costs$2,151
- Left over$5,214
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $168,720
- Federal income tax
- −$29,740
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,907
- State income tax (CA)
- −$11,718
- Take-home pay
- $114,355
- Effective tax rate
- 32.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,165
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,316
Left over each month
$14,060 gross, minus $4,530 in tax and $4,316 in living costs.
$5,214
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: San Jose, $10,359/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Napa?
$168,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 110 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Napa?
$5,214 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,165, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
San Jose, about 122 miles away, leaves $10,359 a month, more than Napa.