Lawyer · St. Louis, MO
Lawyer take-home pay in St. Louis: $5,599 left over a month
A local lawyer wage of about $146,500 in St. Louis, MO, after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,144. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$5,599
Local pay (annual)
$146,500
$8,622 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,144
$1,362 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a lawyer.
- Taxes$3,586
- Rent$1,144
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$5,599
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $146,500
- Federal income tax
- −$24,407
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,207
- State income tax (MO)
- −$5,959
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,465
- Take-home pay
- $103,462
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,144
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $3,023
Left over each month
$12,208 gross, minus $3,586 in tax and $3,023 in living costs.
$5,599
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Questions
What is lawyer take-home pay in St. Louis?
On a local lawyer wage of about $146,500, leftover after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,144 is about $5,599 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does St. Louis tax a lawyer paycheck?
St. Louis is in Missouri, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%.
How does St. Louis compare for a lawyer?
Open the St. Louis paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same lawyer household.