Elementary school teacher · Grants Pass, OR
Elementary school teacher in Grants Pass: $1,237/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Grants Pass at $74,260 a year. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $48,190 and the 90th is $96,280. Pay ranks 106th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,128/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,237 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Yuba City, about 248 miles away, at $2,563 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,237
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,260
$48,190 to $96,280
Rent (1 bd)
$1,128
$1,343 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
106th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $74,260.
- Taxes$1,632
- Rent$1,128
- Other living costs$2,191
- Left over$1,237
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,260
- Federal income tax
- −$7,951
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,681
- State income tax (OR)
- −$5,957
- Take-home pay
- $54,671
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,128
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $618
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,319
Left over each month
$6,188 gross, minus $1,632 in tax and $3,319 in living costs.
$1,237
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Yuba City, $2,563/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Grants Pass?
$74,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Grants Pass?
$1,237 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,128, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Yuba City, about 248 miles away, leaves $2,563 a month, more than Grants Pass.