Lawyer · Scranton, PA
Lawyer in Scranton: $3,134/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Scranton at $100,420 a year. About 810 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.65). The 10th percentile is $50,440 and the 90th is $207,710. Pay ranks 329th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,070/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,134 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 191 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,134
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,420
$50,440 to $207,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,070
$1,274 (2 bd)
Employment
810
Location quotient 0.65
Pay rank
329th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $100,420.
- Taxes$2,123
- Rent$1,070
- Other living costs$2,041
- Left over$3,134
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,420
- Federal income tax
- −$13,706
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,682
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,083
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,004
- Take-home pay
- $74,944
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,070
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,111
Left over each month
$8,368 gross, minus $2,123 in tax and $3,111 in living costs.
$3,134
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 Scranton?
$100,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 810 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Scranton?
$3,134 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,070, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 191 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Scranton.