Lawyers salary in Evansville, IN

Median pay for lawyers in Evansville, IN: $106,120/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $61,340 – $218,840 · about 390 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($119,840) by −$13,720 (-11%).

What it's really worth in Evansville

With Evansville's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $106,120 has the buying power of about $117,914 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $64,084 · median home $226,753 · median rent $1,087/mo.

Full Evansville cost of living & taxes →

How Evansville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Evansville, IN is 135th of the 183 metros we hold lawyers wages for. Once Evansville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 114th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Evansville is one of the places where lawyers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Evansville

A median home in Evansville, IN costs $226,753 — about 2.1× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,087/mo works out at 12% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where lawyers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Evansville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Evansville	Rent vs Evansville
San Jose, CA	$239,200	+125%	3.3×
San Francisco, CA	$217,340	+105%	3×
Los Angeles, CA	$194,020	+83%	2.7×
New York, NY	$185,790	+75%	3.2×

Same job elsewhere in IN

Metro	Median pay	vs Evansville	Rent vs Evansville
South Bend, IN	$127,650	+20%	1.2×
Indianapolis, IN	$119,610	+13%	1.4×
Fort Wayne, IN	$113,160	+7%	1.2×

Staying in IN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Who hires lawyers around Evansville

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

• Old National Bank · Finance

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