Elementary school teacher · Fort Smith, AR
Elementary school teacher in Fort Smith: $902/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Fort Smith at $52,620 a year. About 840 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 $46,990 and the 90th is $81,430. Pay ranks 330th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($776/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $902 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 208 miles away, at $1,484 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$902
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$52,620
$46,990 to $81,430
Rent (1 bd)
$776
$924 (2 bd)
Employment
840
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
330th 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 $52,620.
- Taxes$845
- Rent$776
- Other living costs$1,862
- Left over$902
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $52,620
- Federal income tax
- −$4,276
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,025
- State income tax (AR)
- −$1,839
- Take-home pay
- $42,479
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $776
- Groceries
- $358
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $403
- Utilities and internet
- $224
- Everything else
- $314
- Total spending
- $2,638
Left over each month
$4,385 gross, minus $845 in tax and $2,638 in living costs.
$902
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $1,484/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Fort Smith?
$52,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 840 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Fort Smith?
$902 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $776, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Longview, about 208 miles away, leaves $1,484 a month, more than Fort Smith.