Elementary school teacher · Owensboro, KY
Elementary school teacher in Owensboro: $1,232/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Owensboro at $63,010 a year. About 470 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $47,360 and the 90th is $73,450. Pay ranks 163rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,232 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 220 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,232
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,010
$47,360 to $73,450
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
470
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
163rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,010.
- Taxes$1,140
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$1,232
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,010
- Federal income tax
- −$5,523
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,820
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,390
- City / county wage tax
- −$945
- Take-home pay
- $49,332
- Effective tax rate
- 21.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$5,251 gross, minus $1,140 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$1,232
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 Owensboro?
$63,010 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 470 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Owensboro?
$1,232 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 220 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Owensboro.