Elementary school teacher · Midland, MI
Elementary school teacher in Midland: $1,168/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Midland at $61,540 a year. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.86). The 10th percentile is $47,170 and the 90th is $93,980. Pay ranks 194th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($947/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,168 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 232 miles away, at $2,264 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,168
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,540
$47,170 to $93,980
Rent (1 bd)
$947
$1,127 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 0.86
Pay rank
194th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,540.
- Taxes$1,087
- Rent$947
- Other living costs$1,926
- Left over$1,168
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,540
- Federal income tax
- −$5,346
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,708
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,377
- City / county wage tax
- −$615
- Take-home pay
- $48,493
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $947
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,873
Left over each month
$5,128 gross, minus $1,087 in tax and $2,873 in living costs.
$1,168
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,264/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Midland?
$61,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Midland?
$1,168 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $947, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Akron, about 232 miles away, leaves $2,264 a month, more than Midland.