Lawyer · Omaha, NE
Lawyer in Omaha: $4,934/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Omaha at $131,730 a year. About 2,010 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $76,700 and the 90th is $230,820. Pay ranks 103rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,089/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,934 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cedar Rapids, about 232 miles away, at $5,694 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,934
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,730
$76,700 to $230,820
Rent (1 bd)
$1,089
$1,297 (2 bd)
Employment
2,010
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
103rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $131,730.
- Taxes$3,076
- Rent$1,089
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$4,934
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,730
- Federal income tax
- −$20,862
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,077
- State income tax (NE)
- −$5,971
- Take-home pay
- $94,820
- Effective tax rate
- 28.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,089
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,968
Left over each month
$10,978 gross, minus $3,076 in tax and $2,968 in living costs.
$4,934
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cedar Rapids, $5,694/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Omaha?
$131,730 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,010 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Omaha?
$4,934 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,089, and pay covers 10.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Cedar Rapids, about 232 miles away, leaves $5,694 a month, more than Omaha.