Elementary school teacher · Muskegon, MI
Elementary school teacher in Muskegon: $1,142/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Muskegon at $62,660 a year. About 620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.11). The 10th percentile is $47,590 and the 90th is $83,260. Pay ranks 169th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,007/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 $1,142 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sandusky, about 227 miles away, at $2,212 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,142
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,660
$47,590 to $83,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,007
$1,199 (2 bd)
Employment
620
Location quotient 1.11
Pay rank
169th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $62,660.
- Taxes$1,110
- Rent$1,007
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$1,142
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,660
- Federal income tax
- −$5,481
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,793
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,425
- City / county wage tax
- −$627
- Take-home pay
- $49,334
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,007
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,969
Left over each month
$5,222 gross, minus $1,110 in tax and $2,969 in living costs.
$1,142
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sandusky, $2,212/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Muskegon?
$62,660 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Muskegon?
$1,142 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 $1,007, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Sandusky, about 227 miles away, leaves $2,212 a month, more than Muskegon.