Elementary school teacher · Mankato, MN
Elementary school teacher in Mankato: $1,458/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Mankato at $63,070 a year. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.70). The 10th percentile is $48,040 and the 90th is $94,630. Pay ranks 160th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($934/mo). Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,458 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 101 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,458
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,070
$48,040 to $94,630
Rent (1 bd)
$934
$1,112 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 0.70
Pay rank
160th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,070.
- Taxes$1,098
- Rent$934
- Other living costs$1,765
- Left over$1,458
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,070
- Federal income tax
- −$5,530
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,825
- State income tax (MN)
- −$2,825
- Take-home pay
- $49,890
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $934
- Groceries
- $352
- Getting around
- $489
- Healthcare
- $396
- Utilities and internet
- $220
- Everything else
- $308
- Total spending
- $2,699
Left over each month
$5,256 gross, minus $1,098 in tax and $2,699 in living costs.
$1,458
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Cloud, $1,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Mankato?
$63,070 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Mankato?
$1,458 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $934, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 101 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Mankato.