Elementary school teacher · Chico, CA
Elementary school teacher in Chico: $2,523/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Chico at $95,000 a year. About 1,120 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.60). The 10th percentile is $60,900 and the 90th is $120,560. Pay ranks 37th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,174/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,523 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Merced, about 177 miles away, at $2,641 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,523
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$95,000
$60,900 to $120,560
Rent (1 bd)
$1,174
$1,398 (2 bd)
Employment
1,120
Location quotient 1.60
Pay rank
37th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $95,000.
- Taxes$2,054
- Rent$1,174
- Other living costs$2,166
- Left over$2,523
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $95,000
- Federal income tax
- −$12,514
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,268
- State income tax (CA)
- −$4,862
- Take-home pay
- $70,356
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,174
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $596
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,340
Left over each month
$7,917 gross, minus $2,054 in tax and $3,340 in living costs.
$2,523
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Merced, $2,641/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Chico?
$95,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,120 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Chico?
$2,523 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,174, and pay covers 6.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Merced, about 177 miles away, leaves $2,641 a month, more than Chico.