Elementary school teacher · Honolulu, HI
Elementary school teacher in Honolulu: -$5/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Honolulu at $73,080 a year. About 4,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $57,400 and the 90th is $95,060. Pay ranks 114th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,116/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$5 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Kahului is the strongest other metro for this job (-$36 left over a month), and Honolulu still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$5
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,080
$57,400 to $95,060
Rent (1 bd)
$2,116
$2,519 (2 bd)
Employment
4,220
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
114th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $73,080.
- Taxes$1,461
- Rent$2,116
- Other living costs$2,518
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,080
- Federal income tax
- −$7,692
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,591
- State income tax (HI)
- −$4,245
- Take-home pay
- $55,552
- Effective tax rate
- 24.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,116
- Groceries
- $524
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $590
- Utilities and internet
- $328
- Everything else
- $459
- Total spending
- $4,634
Left over each month
$6,090 gross, minus $1,461 in tax and $4,634 in living costs.
-$5
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kahului, -$36/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Honolulu?
$73,080 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Honolulu?
-$5 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,116, and pay covers 2.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Honolulu leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Kahului at -$36 a month.