Lawyer · Sumter, SC
Lawyer in Sumter: $3,270/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Sumter at $101,900 a year. About 70 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.41). The 10th percentile is $61,270 and the 90th is $268,560. Pay ranks 314th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,013/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,270 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Charlotte, about 90 miles away, at $6,055 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,270
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,900
$61,270 to $268,560
Rent (1 bd)
$1,013
$1,206 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.41
Pay rank
314th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $101,900.
- Taxes$2,214
- Rent$1,013
- Other living costs$1,995
- Left over$3,270
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,900
- Federal income tax
- −$14,032
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,795
- State income tax (SC)
- −$4,735
- Take-home pay
- $75,337
- Effective tax rate
- 26.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,013
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $603
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,008
Left over each month
$8,492 gross, minus $2,214 in tax and $3,008 in living costs.
$3,270
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Charlotte, $6,055/mo.
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- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Sumter?
$101,900 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 Sumter?
$3,270 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,013, and pay covers 8.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Charlotte, about 90 miles away, leaves $6,055 a month, more than Sumter.