Elementary school teacher · Akron, OH
Elementary school teacher in Akron: $2,264/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Akron at $78,560 a year. About 2,010 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.70). The 10th percentile is $46,690 and the 90th is $99,550. Pay ranks 65th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($904/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,264 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 30 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,264
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,560
$46,690 to $99,550
Rent (1 bd)
$904
$1,076 (2 bd)
Employment
2,010
Location quotient 0.70
Pay rank
65th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $78,560.
- Taxes$1,494
- Rent$904
- Other living costs$1,885
- Left over$2,264
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,560
- Federal income tax
- −$8,897
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,010
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,444
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,571
- Take-home pay
- $60,638
- Effective tax rate
- 22.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $904
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $526
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,789
Left over each month
$6,547 gross, minus $1,494 in tax and $2,789 in living costs.
$2,264
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Akron?
$78,560 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,010 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Akron?
$2,264 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $904, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 30 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Akron.