Elementary school teacher · Lawton, OK
Elementary school teacher in Lawton: $561/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lawton at $47,330 a year. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th is $61,540. Pay ranks 373rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($811/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $561 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Killeen, about 233 miles away, at $1,613 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$561
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,330
$44,650 to $61,540
Rent (1 bd)
$811
$965 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
373rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $47,330.
- Taxes$752
- Rent$811
- Other living costs$1,821
- Left over$561
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,330
- Federal income tax
- −$3,641
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,621
- State income tax (OK)
- −$1,758
- Take-home pay
- $38,310
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $811
- Groceries
- $359
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $404
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $314
- Total spending
- $2,632
Left over each month
$3,944 gross, minus $752 in tax and $2,632 in living costs.
$561
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Killeen, $1,613/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Lawton?
$47,330 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 Lawton?
$561 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $811, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Killeen, about 233 miles away, leaves $1,613 a month, more than Lawton.