Elementary school teacher · Cincinnati, OH
Elementary school teacher in Cincinnati: $1,249/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Cincinnati at $64,740 a year. About 9,150 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $47,790 and the 90th is $98,950. Pay ranks 135th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/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 $1,249 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 204 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,249
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,740
$47,790 to $98,950
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
9,150
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
135th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $64,740.
- Taxes$1,097
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$1,249
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,740
- Federal income tax
- −$5,857
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,953
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,064
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,295
- Take-home pay
- $51,572
- Effective tax rate
- 20.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$5,395 gross, minus $1,097 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$1,249
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Cincinnati?
$64,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 9,150 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Cincinnati?
$1,249 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 $1,168, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 204 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Cincinnati.