Elementary school teacher · Elkhart, IN
Elementary school teacher in Elkhart: $1,110/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Elkhart at $59,930 a year. About 1,130 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 $47,280 and the 90th is $76,790. Pay ranks 270th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,110 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 247 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,110
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,930
$47,280 to $76,790
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
1,130
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
270th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,930.
- Taxes$1,034
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,110
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,930
- Federal income tax
- −$5,153
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,585
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,768
- City / county wage tax
- −$899
- Take-home pay
- $47,525
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$4,994 gross, minus $1,034 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$1,110
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 Elkhart?
$59,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,130 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Elkhart?
$1,110 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 247 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Elkhart.