Lawyer · Springfield, OH
Lawyer in Springfield: $3,164/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Springfield at $94,470 a year. About 70 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.33). The 10th percentile is $61,160 and the 90th is $179,510. Pay ranks 353rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($829/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,164 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 247 miles away, at $6,007 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,164
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$94,470
$61,160 to $179,510
Rent (1 bd)
$829
$987 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.33
Pay rank
353rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $94,470.
- Taxes$1,950
- Rent$829
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$3,164
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $94,470
- Federal income tax
- −$12,397
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,227
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,882
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,889
- Take-home pay
- $71,075
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $829
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$7,873 gross, minus $1,950 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$3,164
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chicago, $6,007/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Springfield?
$94,470 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 70 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Springfield?
$3,164 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $829, and pay covers 9.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chicago, about 247 miles away, leaves $6,007 a month, more than Springfield.