Elementary school teacher · Bloomington, IN
Elementary school teacher in Bloomington: $960/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bloomington at $58,410 a year. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.68). The 10th percentile is $45,720 and the 90th is $75,600. Pay ranks 300th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,062/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $960 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 141 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$960
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,410
$45,720 to $75,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,062
$1,264 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 0.68
Pay rank
300th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $58,410.
- Taxes$1,003
- Rent$1,062
- Other living costs$1,842
- Left over$960
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,410
- Federal income tax
- −$4,971
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,468
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,722
- City / county wage tax
- −$876
- Take-home pay
- $46,372
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,062
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $470
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,904
Left over each month
$4,868 gross, minus $1,003 in tax and $2,904 in living costs.
$960
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dayton, $2,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Bloomington?
$58,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bloomington?
$960 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,062, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 141 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Bloomington.