Elementary school teacher · Boise, ID
Elementary school teacher in Boise: $735/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Boise at $61,230 a year. About 2,490 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.71). The 10th percentile is $45,920 and the 90th is $82,450. Pay ranks 210th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,383/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $735 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Logan, about 235 miles away, at $1,823 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$735
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,230
$45,920 to $82,450
Rent (1 bd)
$1,383
$1,647 (2 bd)
Employment
2,490
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
210th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,230.
- Taxes$1,054
- Rent$1,383
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$735
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,230
- Federal income tax
- −$5,309
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,684
- State income tax (ID)
- −$2,656
- Take-home pay
- $48,581
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,383
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,313
Left over each month
$5,103 gross, minus $1,054 in tax and $3,313 in living costs.
$735
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Logan, $1,823/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Boise?
$61,230 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,490 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Boise?
$735 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,383, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Logan, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,823 a month, more than Boise.