Lawyer · Tulsa, OK
Lawyer in Tulsa: $3,862/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Tulsa at $108,220 a year. About 1,820 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $47,350 and the 90th is $217,680. Pay ranks 250th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($967/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,862 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dallas, about 240 miles away, at $7,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,862
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$108,220
$47,350 to $217,680
Rent (1 bd)
$967
$1,151 (2 bd)
Employment
1,820
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
250th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $108,220.
- Taxes$2,363
- Rent$967
- Other living costs$1,827
- Left over$3,862
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $108,220
- Federal income tax
- −$15,422
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,279
- State income tax (OK)
- −$4,650
- Take-home pay
- $79,868
- Effective tax rate
- 26.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $967
- Groceries
- $356
- Getting around
- $536
- Healthcare
- $401
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $312
- Total spending
- $2,794
Left over each month
$9,018 gross, minus $2,363 in tax and $2,794 in living costs.
$3,862
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dallas, $7,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Tulsa?
$108,220 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,820 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Tulsa?
$3,862 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $967, and pay covers 9.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Dallas, about 240 miles away, leaves $7,235 a month, more than Tulsa.