Lawyer · Shreveport, LA
Lawyer in Shreveport: $3,337/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Shreveport at $98,900 a year. About 460 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.58). The 10th percentile is $57,300 and the 90th is $194,620. Pay ranks 333rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,077/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,337 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dallas, about 190 miles away, at $7,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,337
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,900
$57,300 to $194,620
Rent (1 bd)
$1,077
$1,282 (2 bd)
Employment
460
Location quotient 0.58
Pay rank
333rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $98,900.
- Taxes$1,961
- Rent$1,077
- Other living costs$1,867
- Left over$3,337
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,900
- Federal income tax
- −$13,372
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,566
- State income tax (LA)
- −$2,592
- Take-home pay
- $75,370
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,077
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $562
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,944
Left over each month
$8,242 gross, minus $1,961 in tax and $2,944 in living costs.
$3,337
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dallas, $7,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Shreveport?
$98,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 460 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Shreveport?
$3,337 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,077, and pay covers 7.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Dallas, about 190 miles away, leaves $7,235 a month, more than Shreveport.