Elementary school teacher · Fargo, ND
Elementary school teacher in Fargo: $1,545/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Fargo at $60,210 a year. About 1,380 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $46,320 and the 90th is $82,850. Pay ranks 257th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,545 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 149 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,545
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,210
$46,320 to $82,850
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
1,380
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
257th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,210.
- Taxes$816
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$1,545
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,210
- Federal income tax
- −$5,187
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,606
- State income tax (ND)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $50,417
- Effective tax rate
- 16.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$5,018 gross, minus $816 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$1,545
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 Fargo?
$60,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,380 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Fargo?
$1,545 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 149 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Fargo.