Lawyer · Virginia Beach, VA
Lawyer in Virginia Beach: $4,510/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Virginia Beach at $133,380 a year. About 2,280 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.62). The 10th percentile is $75,690 and the 90th is $313,680. Pay ranks 88th-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,454/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,510 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Washington, about 150 miles away, at $6,949 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,510
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,380
$75,690 to $313,680
Rent (1 bd)
$1,454
$1,731 (2 bd)
Employment
2,280
Location quotient 0.62
Pay rank
88th of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $133,380.
- Taxes$3,199
- Rent$1,454
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$4,510
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,380
- Federal income tax
- −$21,258
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,204
- State income tax (VA)
- −$6,923
- Take-home pay
- $94,995
- Effective tax rate
- 28.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,454
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,406
Left over each month
$11,115 gross, minus $3,199 in tax and $3,406 in living costs.
$4,510
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Washington, $6,949/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Virginia Beach?
$133,380 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,280 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Virginia Beach?
$4,510 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,454, and pay covers 7.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Washington, about 150 miles away, leaves $6,949 a month, more than Virginia Beach.