Lawyer · Providence, RI
Lawyer in Providence: $4,314/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Providence at $133,000 a year. About 2,380 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.69). The 10th percentile is $80,200 and the 90th is $268,330. Pay ranks 92nd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,740/mo). Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,314 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Philadelphia, about 245 miles away, at $6,220 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,314
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,000
$80,200 to $268,330
Rent (1 bd)
$1,740
$2,072 (2 bd)
Employment
2,380
Location quotient 0.69
Pay rank
92nd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $133,000.
- Taxes$3,030
- Rent$1,740
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$4,314
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,000
- Federal income tax
- −$21,167
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,175
- State income tax (RI)
- −$5,017
- Take-home pay
- $96,641
- Effective tax rate
- 27.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,740
- Groceries
- $416
- Getting around
- $491
- Healthcare
- $468
- Utilities and internet
- $260
- Everything else
- $364
- Total spending
- $3,739
Left over each month
$11,083 gross, minus $3,030 in tax and $3,739 in living costs.
$4,314
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Philadelphia, $6,220/mo.
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- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Providence?
$133,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,380 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Providence?
$4,314 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,740, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Philadelphia, about 245 miles away, leaves $6,220 a month, more than Providence.