Lawyer · Owensboro, KY
Lawyer in Owensboro: $3,106/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Owensboro at $97,620 a year. About 110 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $60,880 and the 90th is $163,800. Pay ranks 339th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,106 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 206 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,106
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,620
$60,880 to $163,800
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
110
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
339th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $97,620.
- Taxes$2,150
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$3,106
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,620
- Federal income tax
- −$13,090
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,468
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,774
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,464
- Take-home pay
- $71,823
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$8,135 gross, minus $2,150 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$3,106
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $6,280/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Owensboro?
$97,620 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 Owensboro?
$3,106 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 8.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 206 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Owensboro.