Elementary school teacher · Lexington, KY
Elementary school teacher in Lexington: $970/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lexington at $61,460 a year. About 2,420 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $47,140 and the 90th is $82,820. Pay ranks 198th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $970 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 247 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$970
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,460
$47,140 to $82,820
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
2,420
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
198th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,460.
- Taxes$1,107
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$970
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,460
- Federal income tax
- −$5,337
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,702
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,328
- City / county wage tax
- −$922
- Take-home pay
- $48,172
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$5,122 gross, minus $1,107 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$970
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 Lexington?
$61,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,420 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lexington?
$970 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 247 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Lexington.