Elementary school teacher · Bakersfield, CA
Elementary school teacher in Bakersfield: $1,626/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bakersfield at $79,900 a year. About 4,540 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.50). The 10th percentile is $61,230 and the 90th is $118,580. Pay ranks 48th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,218/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,626 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 79 miles away, at $2,664 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,626
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,900
$61,230 to $118,580
Rent (1 bd)
$1,218
$1,450 (2 bd)
Employment
4,540
Location quotient 1.50
Pay rank
48th 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 $79,900.
- Taxes$1,564
- Rent$1,218
- Other living costs$2,251
- Left over$1,626
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,900
- Federal income tax
- −$9,192
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,112
- State income tax (CA)
- −$3,458
- Take-home pay
- $61,138
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,218
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $681
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,469
Left over each month
$6,658 gross, minus $1,564 in tax and $3,469 in living costs.
$1,626
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,664/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Bakersfield?
$79,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,540 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bakersfield?
$1,626 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,218, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Hanford, about 79 miles away, leaves $2,664 a month, more than Bakersfield.