Lawyer · Wausau, WI
Lawyer in Wausau: $3,893/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Wausau at $106,290 a year. About 150 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.45). The 10th percentile is $65,360 and the 90th is $288,460. Pay ranks 273rd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,893 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 237 miles away, at $6,007 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,893
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$106,290
$65,360 to $288,460
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.45
Pay rank
273rd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $106,290.
- Taxes$2,305
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$3,893
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $106,290
- Federal income tax
- −$14,998
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,131
- State income tax (WI)
- −$4,536
- Take-home pay
- $78,625
- Effective tax rate
- 26.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$8,858 gross, minus $2,305 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$3,893
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 Wausau?
$106,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Wausau?
$3,893 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 11.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Chicago, about 237 miles away, leaves $6,007 a month, more than Wausau.