Elementary school teacher · Eugene, OR
Elementary school teacher in Eugene: $532/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Eugene at $64,260 a year. About 1,090 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $47,970 and the 90th is $93,520. Pay ranks 140th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,403/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $532 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Yakima, about 204 miles away, at $3,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$532
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,260
$47,970 to $93,520
Rent (1 bd)
$1,403
$1,670 (2 bd)
Employment
1,090
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
140th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $64,260.
- Taxes$1,312
- Rent$1,403
- Other living costs$2,108
- Left over$532
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,260
- Federal income tax
- −$5,751
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,916
- State income tax (OR)
- −$5,082
- Take-home pay
- $48,511
- Effective tax rate
- 24.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,403
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,511
Left over each month
$5,355 gross, minus $1,312 in tax and $3,511 in living costs.
$532
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Yakima, $3,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Eugene?
$64,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,090 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Eugene?
$532 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,403, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Yakima, about 204 miles away, leaves $3,240 a month, more than Eugene.