Lawyer · St. Joseph, MO
Lawyer in St. Joseph: $3,534/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in St. Joseph at $97,370 a year. About 100 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.39). The 10th percentile is $48,400 and the 90th is $208,150. Pay ranks 341st-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($754/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,534 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cedar Rapids, about 226 miles away, at $5,694 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,534
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,370
$48,400 to $208,150
Rent (1 bd)
$754
$898 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.39
Pay rank
341st of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $97,370.
- Taxes$2,011
- Rent$754
- Other living costs$1,815
- Left over$3,534
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,370
- Federal income tax
- −$13,035
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,449
- State income tax (MO)
- −$3,650
- Take-home pay
- $73,236
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $754
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,569
Left over each month
$8,114 gross, minus $2,011 in tax and $2,569 in living costs.
$3,534
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cedar Rapids, $5,694/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in St. Joseph?
$97,370 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in St. Joseph?
$3,534 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $754, and pay covers 10.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Cedar Rapids, about 226 miles away, leaves $5,694 a month, more than St. Joseph.