Elementary school teacher · Billings, MT
Elementary school teacher in Billings: $1,066/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Billings at $62,390 a year. About 820 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $39,370 and the 90th is $98,010. Pay ranks 174th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,066 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Casper, about 210 miles away, at $1,163 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,066
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,390
$39,370 to $98,010
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
820
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
174th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $62,390.
- Taxes$1,066
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$1,066
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,390
- Federal income tax
- −$5,448
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,773
- State income tax (MT)
- −$2,566
- Take-home pay
- $49,602
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$5,199 gross, minus $1,066 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$1,066
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Casper, $1,163/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Billings?
$62,390 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 820 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Billings?
$1,066 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Casper, about 210 miles away, leaves $1,163 a month, more than Billings.