Elementary school teacher · Fort Wayne, IN
Elementary school teacher in Fort Wayne: $1,031/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Fort Wayne at $59,800 a year. About 1,980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $47,310 and the 90th is $79,440. Pay ranks 274th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($970/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 $1,031 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 208 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,031
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,800
$47,310 to $79,440
Rent (1 bd)
$970
$1,155 (2 bd)
Employment
1,980
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
274th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,800.
- Taxes$1,031
- Rent$970
- Other living costs$1,951
- Left over$1,031
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,800
- Federal income tax
- −$5,138
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,575
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,764
- City / county wage tax
- −$897
- Take-home pay
- $47,427
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $970
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $579
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,921
Left over each month
$4,983 gross, minus $1,031 in tax and $2,921 in living costs.
$1,031
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 Fort Wayne?
$59,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Fort Wayne?
$1,031 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 $970, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 208 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Fort Wayne.