Lawyer · Roanoke, VA
Lawyer in Roanoke: $4,924/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Roanoke at $134,440 a year. About 480 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $76,870 and the 90th is $253,750. Pay ranks 83rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,090/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,924 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 171 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,924
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,440
$76,870 to $253,750
Rent (1 bd)
$1,090
$1,298 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
83rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $134,440.
- Taxes$3,232
- Rent$1,090
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$4,924
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,440
- Federal income tax
- −$21,513
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,285
- State income tax (VA)
- −$6,984
- Take-home pay
- $95,659
- Effective tax rate
- 28.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,090
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,048
Left over each month
$11,203 gross, minus $3,232 in tax and $3,048 in living costs.
$4,924
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 Roanoke?
$134,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Roanoke?
$4,924 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,090, and pay covers 10.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 171 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Roanoke.