Elementary school teacher · Manhattan, KS
Elementary school teacher in Manhattan: $680/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Manhattan at $49,520 a year. About 570 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.18). The 10th percentile is $48,000 and the 90th is $60,630. Pay ranks 350th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($855/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $680 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 243 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$680
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$49,520
$48,000 to $60,630
Rent (1 bd)
$855
$1,018 (2 bd)
Employment
570
Location quotient 1.18
Pay rank
350th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $49,520.
- Taxes$847
- Rent$855
- Other living costs$1,744
- Left over$680
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $49,520
- Federal income tax
- −$3,904
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,788
- State income tax (KS)
- −$2,475
- Take-home pay
- $39,353
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $855
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $465
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,599
Left over each month
$4,127 gross, minus $847 in tax and $2,599 in living costs.
$680
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 Manhattan?
$49,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 570 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Manhattan?
$680 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $855, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 243 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Manhattan.