Elementary school teacher · Cape Coral, FL
Elementary school teacher in Cape Coral: $888/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Cape Coral at $60,470 a year. About 2,230 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $50,430 and the 90th is $69,680. Pay ranks 249th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,398/mo). Florida has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $888 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Wildwood, about 149 miles away, at $1,090 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$888
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,470
$50,430 to $69,680
Rent (1 bd)
$1,398
$1,664 (2 bd)
Employment
2,230
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
249th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,470.
- Taxes$820
- Rent$1,398
- Other living costs$1,933
- Left over$888
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,470
- Federal income tax
- −$5,218
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,626
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $50,626
- Effective tax rate
- 16.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,398
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $531
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,331
Left over each month
$5,039 gross, minus $820 in tax and $3,331 in living costs.
$888
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Wildwood, $1,090/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Cape Coral?
$60,470 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,230 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Cape Coral?
$888 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Florida has no state income tax Rent is $1,398, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Wildwood, about 149 miles away, leaves $1,090 a month, more than Cape Coral.