Elementary school teacher · Hot Springs, AR
Elementary school teacher in Hot Springs: $1,198/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Hot Springs at $57,730 a year. About 340 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 $50,370 and the 90th is $62,840. Pay ranks 311th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($811/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,198 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 173 miles away, at $1,484 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,198
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,730
$50,370 to $62,840
Rent (1 bd)
$811
$965 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
311th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $57,730.
- Taxes$945
- Rent$811
- Other living costs$1,856
- Left over$1,198
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,730
- Federal income tax
- −$4,889
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,416
- State income tax (AR)
- −$2,039
- Take-home pay
- $46,386
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $811
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,667
Left over each month
$4,811 gross, minus $945 in tax and $2,667 in living costs.
$1,198
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $1,484/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Hot Springs?
$57,730 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Hot Springs?
$1,198 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $811, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Longview, about 173 miles away, leaves $1,484 a month, more than Hot Springs.