Elementary school teacher · Lafayette, IN
Elementary school teacher in Lafayette: $1,068/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lafayette at $59,590 a year. About 720 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.79). The 10th percentile is $50,110 and the 90th is $77,230. Pay ranks 279th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/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 $1,068 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 158 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,068
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,590
$50,110 to $77,230
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
720
Location quotient 0.79
Pay rank
279th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,590.
- Taxes$1,027
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$1,068
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,590
- Federal income tax
- −$5,112
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,559
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,758
- City / county wage tax
- −$894
- Take-home pay
- $47,268
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$4,966 gross, minus $1,027 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$1,068
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 Lafayette?
$59,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 720 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lafayette?
$1,068 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 $981, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 158 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Lafayette.