Elementary school teacher · Battle Creek, MI
Elementary school teacher in Battle Creek: $1,407/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Battle Creek at $65,090 a year. About 500 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $47,390 and the 90th is $78,770. Pay ranks 130th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/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 $1,407 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 221 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,407
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,090
$47,390 to $78,770
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
500
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
130th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $65,090.
- Taxes$1,174
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$1,407
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,090
- Federal income tax
- −$5,934
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,979
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,528
- City / county wage tax
- −$651
- Take-home pay
- $50,998
- Effective tax rate
- 21.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,843
Left over each month
$5,424 gross, minus $1,174 in tax and $2,843 in living costs.
$1,407
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 Battle Creek?
$65,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 500 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Battle Creek?
$1,407 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 $897, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 221 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Battle Creek.