Lawyer · Traverse City, MI
Lawyer in Traverse City: $3,256/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Traverse City at $107,460 a year. About 190 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $67,330 and the 90th is $236,650. Pay ranks 261st-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,256 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 241 miles away, at $6,007 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,256
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,460
$67,330 to $236,650
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
190
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
261st of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $107,460.
- Taxes$2,407
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$3,256
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,460
- Federal income tax
- −$15,255
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,221
- State income tax (MI)
- −$4,329
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,075
- Take-home pay
- $78,580
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$8,955 gross, minus $2,407 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$3,256
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 Traverse City?
$107,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 190 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Traverse City?
$3,256 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,399, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chicago, about 241 miles away, leaves $6,007 a month, more than Traverse City.