Lawyer · New Orleans, LA
Lawyer in New Orleans: $4,507/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in New Orleans at $121,290 a year. About 4,330 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.00). The 10th percentile is $62,530 and the 90th is $290,190. Pay ranks 200th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,223/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,507 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Pensacola, about 171 miles away, at $4,854 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,507
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$121,290
$62,530 to $290,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,223
$1,456 (2 bd)
Employment
4,330
Location quotient 2.00
Pay rank
200th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $121,290.
- Taxes$2,575
- Rent$1,223
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$4,507
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $121,290
- Federal income tax
- −$18,357
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,279
- State income tax (LA)
- −$3,264
- Take-home pay
- $90,391
- Effective tax rate
- 25.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,223
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $498
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $3,026
Left over each month
$10,108 gross, minus $2,575 in tax and $3,026 in living costs.
$4,507
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pensacola, $4,854/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in New Orleans?
$121,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,330 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in New Orleans?
$4,507 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,223, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Pensacola, about 171 miles away, leaves $4,854 a month, more than New Orleans.