Elementary school teacher · Lansing, MI
Elementary school teacher in Lansing: $1,840/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lansing at $72,930 a year. About 1,730 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $47,380 and the 90th is $86,140. Pay ranks 116th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($980/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 $1,840 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 221 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,840
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$72,930
$47,380 to $86,140
Rent (1 bd)
$980
$1,167 (2 bd)
Employment
1,730
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
116th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $72,930.
- Taxes$1,402
- Rent$980
- Other living costs$1,855
- Left over$1,840
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $72,930
- Federal income tax
- −$7,659
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,579
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,862
- City / county wage tax
- −$729
- Take-home pay
- $56,101
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $980
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $486
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,835
Left over each month
$6,078 gross, minus $1,402 in tax and $2,835 in living costs.
$1,840
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 Lansing?
$72,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,730 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lansing?
$1,840 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 $980, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 221 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Lansing.