Elementary school teacher · Kenosha, WI
Elementary school teacher in Kenosha: $617/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Kenosha at $60,530 a year. About 510 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $49,520 and the 90th is $93,700. Pay ranks 247th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,189/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $617 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lima, about 232 miles away, at $1,980 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$617
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,530
$49,520 to $93,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,189
$1,415 (2 bd)
Employment
510
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
247th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,530.
- Taxes$997
- Rent$1,189
- Other living costs$2,241
- Left over$617
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,530
- Federal income tax
- −$5,225
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,631
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,110
- Take-home pay
- $48,564
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,189
- Groceries
- $439
- Getting around
- $650
- Healthcare
- $494
- Utilities and internet
- $274
- Everything else
- $384
- Total spending
- $3,430
Left over each month
$5,044 gross, minus $997 in tax and $3,430 in living costs.
$617
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lima, $1,980/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Kenosha?
$60,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 510 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Kenosha?
$617 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,189, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Lima, about 232 miles away, leaves $1,980 a month, more than Kenosha.