Elementary school teacher · Fayetteville, AR
Elementary school teacher in Fayetteville: $1,082/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Fayetteville at $61,010 a year. About 2,380 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $50,980 and the 90th is $74,840. Pay ranks 224th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,145/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,082 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sherman, about 226 miles away, at $1,389 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,082
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,010
$50,980 to $74,840
Rent (1 bd)
$1,145
$1,363 (2 bd)
Employment
2,380
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
224th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,010.
- Taxes$1,010
- Rent$1,145
- Other living costs$1,847
- Left over$1,082
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,010
- Federal income tax
- −$5,283
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,667
- State income tax (AR)
- −$2,167
- Take-home pay
- $48,893
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,145
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,992
Left over each month
$5,084 gross, minus $1,010 in tax and $2,992 in living costs.
$1,082
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sherman, $1,389/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Fayetteville?
$61,010 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,380 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Fayetteville?
$1,082 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,145, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Sherman, about 226 miles away, leaves $1,389 a month, more than Fayetteville.