Lawyers salary in Daphne, AL

Median pay for lawyers in Daphne, AL: $101,080/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $55,850 – $199,950 · about 190 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($119,840) by −$18,760 (-16%).

What it's really worth in Daphne

With Daphne's cost of living at 94 (US=100), that $101,080 has the buying power of about $107,309 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $71,039 · median home $373,114 · median rent $1,663/mo.

Full Daphne cost of living & taxes →

How Daphne ranks for this job

On raw pay, Daphne, AL is 157th of the 183 metros we hold lawyers wages for. Once Daphne's cost of living is applied, it ranks 160th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Daphne sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Daphne

A median home in Daphne, AL costs $373,114 — about 3.7× 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 $1,663/mo works out at 20% 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 Daphne.

Metro	Median pay	vs Daphne	Rent vs Daphne
San Jose, CA	$239,200	+137%	2.2×
San Francisco, CA	$217,340	+115%	2×
Los Angeles, CA	$194,020	+92%	1.7×
New York, NY	$185,790	+84%	2.1×

Same job elsewhere in AL

Metro	Median pay	vs Daphne	Rent vs Daphne
Birmingham, AL	$137,860	+36%	0.9×
Huntsville, AL	$132,700	+31%	0.8×
Mobile, AL	$124,130	+23%	0.8×
Montgomery, AL	$108,950	+8%	0.8×

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

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