Elementary school teacher · Cape Girardeau, MO
Elementary school teacher in Cape Girardeau: $681/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Cape Girardeau at $47,100 a year. About 1,030 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.58). The 10th percentile is $39,080 and the 90th is $61,100. Pay ranks 375th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($721/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $681 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bloomington, about 224 miles away, at $1,529 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$681
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,100
$39,080 to $61,100
Rent (1 bd)
$721
$858 (2 bd)
Employment
1,030
Location quotient 2.58
Pay rank
375th 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 $47,100.
- Taxes$709
- Rent$721
- Other living costs$1,814
- Left over$681
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,100
- Federal income tax
- −$3,614
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,603
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,287
- Take-home pay
- $38,596
- Effective tax rate
- 18.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $721
- Groceries
- $351
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $395
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $307
- Total spending
- $2,535
Left over each month
$3,925 gross, minus $709 in tax and $2,535 in living costs.
$681
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bloomington, $1,529/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Cape Girardeau?
$47,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,030 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Cape Girardeau?
$681 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $721, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Bloomington, about 224 miles away, leaves $1,529 a month, more than Cape Girardeau.