Elementary school teacher · Houston, TX
Elementary school teacher take-home pay in Houston: $1,360 left over a month
A local elementary school teacher wage of about $65,000 in Houston, TX, after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$1,360
Local pay (annual)
$65,000
$4,509 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,199
$1,427 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a elementary school teacher.
- Taxes$907
- Rent$1,199
- Other living costs$1,950
- Left over$1,360
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,000
- Federal income tax
- −$5,914
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,973
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $54,114
- Effective tax rate
- 16.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,199
- Groceries
- $380
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $428
- Utilities and internet
- $238
- Everything else
- $333
- Total spending
- $3,149
Left over each month
$5,417 gross, minus $907 in tax and $3,149 in living costs.
$1,360
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Questions
What is elementary school teacher take-home pay in Houston?
On a local elementary school teacher wage of about $65,000, leftover after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199 is about $1,360 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Houston tax a elementary school teacher paycheck?
Houston is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
How does Houston compare for a elementary school teacher?
Open the Houston paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same elementary school teacher household.