Elementary school teacher · El Centro, CA
Elementary school teacher in El Centro: $2,902/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in El Centro at $100,390 a year. About 860 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.48). The 10th percentile is $60,800 and the 90th is $135,570. Pay ranks 15th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,009/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,902 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Riverside is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,921 left over a month), and El Centro still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,902
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,390
$60,800 to $135,570
Rent (1 bd)
$1,009
$1,201 (2 bd)
Employment
860
Location quotient 1.48
Pay rank
15th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $100,390.
- Taxes$2,229
- Rent$1,009
- Other living costs$2,226
- Left over$2,902
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,390
- Federal income tax
- −$13,700
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,680
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,363
- Take-home pay
- $73,647
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,009
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $655
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,235
Left over each month
$8,366 gross, minus $2,229 in tax and $3,235 in living costs.
$2,902
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Riverside, $1,921/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in El Centro?
$100,390 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 860 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in El Centro?
$2,902 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,009, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
El Centro leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Riverside at $1,921 a month.