Elementary school teacher · Kokomo, IN
Elementary school teacher in Kokomo: $1,307/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Kokomo at $61,180 a year. About 300 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $48,030 and the 90th is $77,070. Pay ranks 214th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($766/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,307 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 114 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,307
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,180
$48,030 to $77,070
Rent (1 bd)
$766
$912 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
214th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,180.
- Taxes$1,059
- Rent$766
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,307
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,180
- Federal income tax
- −$5,303
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,680
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,805
- City / county wage tax
- −$918
- Take-home pay
- $48,474
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $766
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,732
Left over each month
$5,098 gross, minus $1,059 in tax and $2,732 in living costs.
$1,307
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dayton, $2,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Kokomo?
$61,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Kokomo?
$1,307 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $766, and pay covers 6.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 114 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Kokomo.