Elementary school teacher · Appleton, WI
Elementary school teacher in Appleton: $1,230/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Appleton at $60,840 a year. About 1,020 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.92). The 10th percentile is $49,940 and the 90th is $80,500. Pay ranks 232nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($916/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,230 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bay City, about 222 miles away, at $1,939 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,230
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,840
$49,940 to $80,500
Rent (1 bd)
$916
$1,090 (2 bd)
Employment
1,020
Location quotient 0.92
Pay rank
232nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,840.
- Taxes$1,004
- Rent$916
- Other living costs$1,920
- Left over$1,230
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,840
- Federal income tax
- −$5,262
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,654
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,127
- Take-home pay
- $48,797
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $916
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $551
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,836
Left over each month
$5,070 gross, minus $1,004 in tax and $2,836 in living costs.
$1,230
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bay City, $1,939/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Appleton?
$60,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,020 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Appleton?
$1,230 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $916, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Bay City, about 222 miles away, leaves $1,939 a month, more than Appleton.