Lawyers salary in Toledo, OH

Median pay for lawyers in Toledo, OH: $120,560/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $56,300 – $239,200 · about 700 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($119,840) by +$720 (+1%).

What it's really worth in Toledo

With Toledo's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $120,560 has the buying power of about $133,033 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,620 · median home $203,726 · median rent $1,302/mo.

Full Toledo cost of living & taxes →

How Toledo ranks for this job

On raw pay, Toledo, OH is 88th of the 183 metros we hold lawyers wages for. Once Toledo's cost of living is applied, it ranks 64th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Toledo 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 Toledo

A median home in Toledo, OH costs $203,726 — about 1.7× 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 $1,302/mo works out at 13% 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 Toledo.

Metro	Median pay	vs Toledo	Rent vs Toledo
San Jose, CA	$239,200	+98%	2.8×
San Francisco, CA	$217,340	+80%	2.5×
Los Angeles, CA	$194,020	+61%	2.2×
New York, NY	$185,790	+54%	2.7×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Toledo	Rent vs Toledo
Cincinnati, OH	$127,140	+5%	1.2×
Columbus, OH	$123,540	+2%	1.2×
Akron, OH	$120,050	+0%	1×
Cleveland, OH	$106,600	−12%	1.1×

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

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