Elementary school teacher · Bay City, MI
Elementary school teacher in Bay City: $1,939/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bay City at $74,010 a year. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.16). The 10th percentile is $46,020 and the 90th is $90,320. Pay ranks 108th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/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 $1,939 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 249 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,939
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,010
$46,020 to $90,320
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 1.16
Pay rank
108th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $74,010.
- Taxes$1,434
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,939
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,010
- Federal income tax
- −$7,896
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,662
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,907
- City / county wage tax
- −$740
- Take-home pay
- $56,805
- Effective tax rate
- 23.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$6,168 gross, minus $1,434 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$1,939
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 Bay City?
$74,010 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bay City?
$1,939 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 $842, and pay covers 7.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 249 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Bay City.