Elementary school teacher · Dayton, OH
Elementary school teacher in Dayton: $2,235/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Dayton at $80,360 a year. About 3,430 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $48,310 and the 90th is $96,350. Pay ranks 46th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/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 $2,235 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 164 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,235
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,360
$48,310 to $96,350
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
3,430
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
46th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $80,360.
- Taxes$1,545
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$2,235
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,360
- Federal income tax
- −$9,293
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,148
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,494
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,607
- Take-home pay
- $61,819
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$6,697 gross, minus $1,545 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$2,235
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 Dayton?
$80,360 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,430 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Dayton?
$2,235 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 $1,018, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 164 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Dayton.