Elementary school teacher · Kalamazoo, MI
Elementary school teacher in Kalamazoo: $1,278/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Kalamazoo at $63,450 a year. About 1,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.09). The 10th percentile is $45,720 and the 90th is $82,640. Pay ranks 152nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($976/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,278 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 245 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,278
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,450
$45,720 to $82,640
Rent (1 bd)
$976
$1,162 (2 bd)
Employment
1,180
Location quotient 1.09
Pay rank
152nd 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 $63,450.
- Taxes$1,127
- Rent$976
- Other living costs$1,907
- Left over$1,278
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,450
- Federal income tax
- −$5,576
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,854
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,459
- City / county wage tax
- −$635
- Take-home pay
- $49,927
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $976
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$5,288 gross, minus $1,127 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$1,278
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Kalamazoo?
$63,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Kalamazoo?
$1,278 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $976, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 245 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Kalamazoo.