Elementary school teacher · Bozeman, MT
Elementary school teacher in Bozeman: $480/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bozeman at $60,740 a year. About 400 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.63). The 10th percentile is $44,660 and the 90th is $81,760. Pay ranks 238th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,684/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $480 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Pocatello, about 202 miles away, at $1,198 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$480
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,740
$44,660 to $81,760
Rent (1 bd)
$1,684
$2,005 (2 bd)
Employment
400
Location quotient 0.63
Pay rank
238th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,740.
- Taxes$1,030
- Rent$1,684
- Other living costs$1,867
- Left over$480
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,740
- Federal income tax
- −$5,250
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,647
- State income tax (MT)
- −$2,469
- Take-home pay
- $48,374
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,684
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $472
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,551
Left over each month
$5,062 gross, minus $1,030 in tax and $3,551 in living costs.
$480
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pocatello, $1,198/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Bozeman?
$60,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 400 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bozeman?
$480 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,684, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Pocatello, about 202 miles away, leaves $1,198 a month, more than Bozeman.