Elementary school teacher · Kahului, HI
Elementary school teacher in Kahului: -$36/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Kahului at $71,830 a year. About 640 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $51,460 and the 90th is $102,330. Pay ranks 120th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,207/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$36 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Honolulu, about 111 miles away, at -$5 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$36
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$71,830
$51,460 to $102,330
Rent (1 bd)
$2,207
$2,627 (2 bd)
Employment
640
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
120th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $71,830.
- Taxes$1,421
- Rent$2,207
- Other living costs$2,394
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $71,830
- Federal income tax
- −$7,417
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,495
- State income tax (HI)
- −$4,142
- Take-home pay
- $54,776
- Effective tax rate
- 23.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,207
- Groceries
- $474
- Getting around
- $674
- Healthcare
- $534
- Utilities and internet
- $297
- Everything else
- $415
- Total spending
- $4,601
Left over each month
$5,986 gross, minus $1,421 in tax and $4,601 in living costs.
-$36
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Honolulu, -$5/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Kahului?
$71,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 640 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Kahului?
-$36 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,207, and pay covers 2.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Honolulu, about 111 miles away, leaves -$5 a month, more than Kahului.