Lawyer · Paducah, KY
Lawyer in Paducah: $3,176/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Paducah at $96,960 a year. About 150 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.62). The 10th percentile is $59,980 and the 90th is $163,680. Pay ranks 345th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($821/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 $3,176 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 235 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,176
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,960
$59,980 to $163,680
Rent (1 bd)
$821
$977 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.62
Pay rank
345th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $96,960.
- Taxes$2,130
- Rent$821
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,176
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,960
- Federal income tax
- −$12,945
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,417
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,748
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,454
- Take-home pay
- $71,395
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $821
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,774
Left over each month
$8,080 gross, minus $2,130 in tax and $2,774 in living costs.
$3,176
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 Paducah?
$96,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Paducah?
$3,176 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 $821, and pay covers 9.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 235 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Paducah.