Elementary school teacher · Columbia, MO
Elementary school teacher in Columbia: $477/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Columbia at $47,920 a year. About 840 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.88). The 10th percentile is $37,580 and the 90th is $73,610. Pay ranks 367th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,020/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $477 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 219 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$477
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,920
$37,580 to $73,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,020
$1,214 (2 bd)
Employment
840
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
367th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $47,920.
- Taxes$725
- Rent$1,020
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$477
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,920
- Federal income tax
- −$3,712
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,666
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,325
- Take-home pay
- $39,217
- Effective tax rate
- 18.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,020
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $502
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,791
Left over each month
$3,993 gross, minus $725 in tax and $2,791 in living costs.
$477
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,723/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Columbia?
$47,920 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 840 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Columbia?
$477 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,020, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 219 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Columbia.