Elementary school teacher · Canton, OH
Elementary school teacher in Canton: $2,322/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Canton at $77,940 a year. About 1,540 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $46,550 and the 90th is $93,820. Pay ranks 72nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($792/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,322 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Akron is the strongest other metro for this job ($2,264 left over a month), and Canton still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,322
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,940
$46,550 to $93,820
Rent (1 bd)
$792
$943 (2 bd)
Employment
1,540
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
72nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $77,940.
- Taxes$1,476
- Rent$792
- Other living costs$1,905
- Left over$2,322
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,940
- Federal income tax
- −$8,761
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,962
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,427
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,559
- Take-home pay
- $60,231
- Effective tax rate
- 22.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $792
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,697
Left over each month
$6,495 gross, minus $1,476 in tax and $2,697 in living costs.
$2,322
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,264/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Canton?
$77,940 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,540 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Canton?
$2,322 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $792, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Akron at $2,264 a month.