Elementary school teacher · Lawrence, KS
Elementary school teacher in Lawrence: $622/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lawrence at $50,310 a year. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $48,050 and the 90th is $60,520. Pay ranks 343rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($986/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $622 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 233 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$622
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,310
$48,050 to $60,520
Rent (1 bd)
$986
$1,174 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
343rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $50,310.
- Taxes$864
- Rent$986
- Other living costs$1,721
- Left over$622
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,310
- Federal income tax
- −$3,999
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,849
- State income tax (KS)
- −$2,519
- Take-home pay
- $39,944
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $986
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $442
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,707
Left over each month
$4,193 gross, minus $864 in tax and $2,707 in living costs.
$622
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,723/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Lawrence?
$50,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lawrence?
$622 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $986, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 233 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Lawrence.