Lawyer · Spartanburg, SC
Lawyer in Spartanburg: $4,125/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Spartanburg at $120,310 a year. About 310 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.38). The 10th percentile is $63,290 and the 90th is $315,870. Pay ranks 203rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,141/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,125 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 200 miles away, at $6,280 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,125
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$120,310
$63,290 to $315,870
Rent (1 bd)
$1,141
$1,358 (2 bd)
Employment
310
Location quotient 0.38
Pay rank
203rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $120,310.
- Taxes$2,767
- Rent$1,141
- Other living costs$1,993
- Left over$4,125
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $120,310
- Federal income tax
- −$18,121
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,204
- State income tax (SC)
- −$5,877
- Take-home pay
- $87,108
- Effective tax rate
- 27.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,141
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $601
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,134
Left over each month
$10,026 gross, minus $2,767 in tax and $3,134 in living costs.
$4,125
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $6,280/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Spartanburg?
$120,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 310 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Spartanburg?
$4,125 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,141, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chattanooga, about 200 miles away, leaves $6,280 a month, more than Spartanburg.