Elementary school teacher · Ann Arbor, MI
Elementary school teacher in Ann Arbor: $939/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Ann Arbor at $64,060 a year. About 1,630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $49,100 and the 90th is $94,390. Pay ranks 142nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,492/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $939 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 171 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$939
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,060
$49,100 to $94,390
Rent (1 bd)
$1,492
$1,776 (2 bd)
Employment
1,630
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
142nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $64,060.
- Taxes$1,144
- Rent$1,492
- Other living costs$1,763
- Left over$939
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,060
- Federal income tax
- −$5,707
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,901
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,485
- City / county wage tax
- −$641
- Take-home pay
- $50,327
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,492
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $394
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,255
Left over each month
$5,338 gross, minus $1,144 in tax and $3,255 in living costs.
$939
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 Ann Arbor?
$64,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Ann Arbor?
$939 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,492, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 171 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Ann Arbor.