Lawyer · Parkersburg, WV
Lawyer in Parkersburg: $3,345/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Parkersburg at $97,460 a year. About 100 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.59). The 10th percentile is $62,650 and the 90th is $185,540. Pay ranks 340th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($744/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,345 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 215 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,345
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,460
$62,650 to $185,540
Rent (1 bd)
$744
$886 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.59
Pay rank
340th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $97,460.
- Taxes$2,031
- Rent$744
- Other living costs$2,002
- Left over$3,345
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,460
- Federal income tax
- −$13,055
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,456
- State income tax (WV)
- −$3,859
- Take-home pay
- $73,090
- Effective tax rate
- 25.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $744
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,746
Left over each month
$8,122 gross, minus $2,031 in tax and $2,746 in living costs.
$3,345
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Washington, $6,949/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Parkersburg?
$97,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Parkersburg?
$3,345 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $744, and pay covers 10.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 215 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Parkersburg.