Elementary school teacher · Madison, WI
Elementary school teacher in Madison: $998/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Madison at $63,690 a year. About 3,530 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $51,340 and the 90th is $100,420. Pay ranks 148th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,330/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $998 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rochester, about 149 miles away, at $1,766 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$998
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,690
$51,340 to $100,420
Rent (1 bd)
$1,330
$1,583 (2 bd)
Employment
3,530
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
148th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,690.
- Taxes$1,065
- Rent$1,330
- Other living costs$1,915
- Left over$998
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,690
- Federal income tax
- −$5,626
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,872
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,278
- Take-home pay
- $50,914
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,330
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $509
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,245
Left over each month
$5,308 gross, minus $1,065 in tax and $3,245 in living costs.
$998
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rochester, $1,766/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Madison?
$63,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,530 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Madison?
$998 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,330, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Rochester, about 149 miles away, leaves $1,766 a month, more than Madison.