Elementary school teacher · Niles, MI
Elementary school teacher in Niles: $1,075/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Niles at $60,760 a year. About 750 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.41). The 10th percentile is $46,950 and the 90th is $84,230. Pay ranks 237th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,000/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 $1,075 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 192 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,075
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,760
$46,950 to $84,230
Rent (1 bd)
$1,000
$1,190 (2 bd)
Employment
750
Location quotient 1.41
Pay rank
237th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,760.
- Taxes$1,071
- Rent$1,000
- Other living costs$1,917
- Left over$1,075
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,760
- Federal income tax
- −$5,253
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,648
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,344
- City / county wage tax
- −$608
- Take-home pay
- $47,907
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,000
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$5,063 gross, minus $1,071 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$1,075
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dayton, $2,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Niles?
$60,760 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 750 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Niles?
$1,075 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 $1,000, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 192 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Niles.