Elementary school teacher · Jefferson City, MO
Elementary school teacher in Jefferson City: $728/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Jefferson City at $47,960 a year. About 600 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $38,770 and the 90th is $71,970. Pay ranks 365th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($742/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $728 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 250 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$728
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,960
$38,770 to $71,970
Rent (1 bd)
$742
$883 (2 bd)
Employment
600
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
365th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $47,960.
- Taxes$726
- Rent$742
- Other living costs$1,801
- Left over$728
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,960
- Federal income tax
- −$3,717
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,669
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,327
- Take-home pay
- $39,247
- Effective tax rate
- 18.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $742
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $533
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,543
Left over each month
$3,997 gross, minus $726 in tax and $2,543 in living costs.
$728
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,723/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Jefferson City?
$47,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 600 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Jefferson City?
$728 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $742, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 250 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Jefferson City.