Elementary school teacher · Grand Island, NE
Elementary school teacher in Grand Island: $1,380/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Grand Island at $64,530 a year. About 360 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $40,550 and the 90th is $82,140. Pay ranks 137th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,082/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,380 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Lincoln is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,363 left over a month), and Grand Island still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,380
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,530
$40,550 to $82,140
Rent (1 bd)
$1,082
$1,288 (2 bd)
Employment
360
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
137th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $64,530.
- Taxes$1,102
- Rent$1,082
- Other living costs$1,814
- Left over$1,380
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,530
- Federal income tax
- −$5,811
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,937
- State income tax (NE)
- −$2,476
- Take-home pay
- $51,306
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,082
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,896
Left over each month
$5,378 gross, minus $1,102 in tax and $2,896 in living costs.
$1,380
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lincoln, $1,363/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Grand Island?
$64,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 360 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Grand Island?
$1,380 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,082, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Grand Island leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Lincoln at $1,363 a month.