Elementary school teacher · Milwaukee, WI
Elementary school teacher in Milwaukee: $950/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Milwaukee at $61,480 a year. About 6,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $50,340 and the 90th is $97,430. Pay ranks 197th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,261/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $950 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lima, about 243 miles away, at $1,980 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$950
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,480
$50,340 to $97,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,261
$1,501 (2 bd)
Employment
6,620
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
197th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,480.
- Taxes$1,017
- Rent$1,261
- Other living costs$1,895
- Left over$950
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,480
- Federal income tax
- −$5,339
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,703
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,161
- Take-home pay
- $49,277
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,261
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $503
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,156
Left over each month
$5,123 gross, minus $1,017 in tax and $3,156 in living costs.
$950
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lima, $1,980/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Milwaukee?
$61,480 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 6,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Milwaukee?
$950 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,261, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Lima, about 243 miles away, leaves $1,980 a month, more than Milwaukee.