Elementary school teacher · Duluth, MN
Elementary school teacher in Duluth: $1,486/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Duluth at $65,840 a year. About 1,100 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $46,520 and the 90th is $91,940. Pay ranks 125th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,049/mo). Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,486 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 157 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,486
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,840
$46,520 to $91,940
Rent (1 bd)
$1,049
$1,249 (2 bd)
Employment
1,100
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
125th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $65,840.
- Taxes$1,179
- Rent$1,049
- Other living costs$1,773
- Left over$1,486
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,840
- Federal income tax
- −$6,099
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,037
- State income tax (MN)
- −$3,014
- Take-home pay
- $51,691
- Effective tax rate
- 21.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,049
- Groceries
- $351
- Getting around
- $501
- Healthcare
- $395
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $307
- Total spending
- $2,822
Left over each month
$5,487 gross, minus $1,179 in tax and $2,822 in living costs.
$1,486
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Cloud, $1,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Duluth?
$65,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,100 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Duluth?
$1,486 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,049, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 157 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Duluth.