Lawyer · Terre Haute, IN
Lawyer in Terre Haute: $5,373/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Terre Haute at $135,290 a year. About 210 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $75,990 and the 90th is $284,960. Pay ranks 76th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,373 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 150 miles away, at $6,581 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,373
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$135,290
$75,990 to $284,960
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
76th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $135,290.
- Taxes$3,177
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$5,373
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $135,290
- Federal income tax
- −$21,717
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,350
- State income tax (IN)
- −$4,029
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,029
- Take-home pay
- $97,166
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$11,274 gross, minus $3,177 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$5,373
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $6,581/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Terre Haute?
$135,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 210 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Terre Haute?
$5,373 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $759, and pay covers 14.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Peoria, about 150 miles away, leaves $6,581 a month, more than Terre Haute.