Elementary school teacher · Bowling Green, KY
Elementary school teacher in Bowling Green: $1,101/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bowling Green at $61,260 a year. About 910 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.24). The 10th percentile is $48,240 and the 90th is $72,700. Pay ranks 209th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,101 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 228 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,101
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,260
$48,240 to $72,700
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
910
Location quotient 1.24
Pay rank
209th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,260.
- Taxes$1,103
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,101
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,260
- Federal income tax
- −$5,313
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,686
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,320
- City / county wage tax
- −$919
- Take-home pay
- $48,022
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$5,105 gross, minus $1,103 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$1,101
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 Bowling Green?
$61,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 910 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bowling Green?
$1,101 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 228 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Bowling Green.