Elementary school teacher · Eau Claire, WI
Elementary school teacher in Eau Claire: $1,220/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Eau Claire at $60,340 a year. About 580 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $49,080 and the 90th is $81,710. Pay ranks 252nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($911/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,220 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 162 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,220
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,340
$49,080 to $81,710
Rent (1 bd)
$911
$1,085 (2 bd)
Employment
580
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
252nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,340.
- Taxes$993
- Rent$911
- Other living costs$1,904
- Left over$1,220
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,340
- Federal income tax
- −$5,202
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,616
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,100
- Take-home pay
- $48,421
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $911
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,815
Left over each month
$5,028 gross, minus $993 in tax and $2,815 in living costs.
$1,220
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 Eau Claire?
$60,340 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 580 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Eau Claire?
$1,220 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $911, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 162 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Eau Claire.