Elementary school teacher · Helena, MT
Elementary school teacher in Helena: $685/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Helena at $57,980 a year. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $40,080 and the 90th is $77,660. Pay ranks 305th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,263/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $685 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lewiston, about 230 miles away, at $1,245 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$685
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,980
$40,080 to $77,660
Rent (1 bd)
$1,263
$1,503 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
305th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $57,980.
- Taxes$972
- Rent$1,263
- Other living costs$1,912
- Left over$685
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,980
- Federal income tax
- −$4,919
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,435
- State income tax (MT)
- −$2,306
- Take-home pay
- $46,319
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,263
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,175
Left over each month
$4,832 gross, minus $972 in tax and $3,175 in living costs.
$685
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lewiston, $1,245/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Helena?
$57,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Helena?
$685 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,263, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Lewiston, about 230 miles away, leaves $1,245 a month, more than Helena.