Elementary school teacher · Punta Gorda, FL
Elementary school teacher in Punta Gorda: $900/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Punta Gorda median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Florida median, $58,930 a year. Florida has about 79,090 elementary school teacher jobs. The 10th percentile is $48,680 and the 90th is $75,780. On the pay used here, Punta Gorda ranks 300th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,297/mo). Florida has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $900 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Wildwood, about 125 miles away, at $1,090 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$900
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,930
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$1,297
$1,544 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
300th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $58,930.
- Taxes$795
- Rent$1,297
- Other living costs$1,919
- Left over$900
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,930
- Federal income tax
- −$5,033
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,508
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $49,389
- Effective tax rate
- 16.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,297
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,216
Left over each month
$4,911 gross, minus $795 in tax and $3,216 in living costs.
$900
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Wildwood, $1,090/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Punta Gorda?
$58,930 a year. That figure is the Florida median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Punta Gorda?
$900 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Florida has no state income tax Rent is $1,297, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Wildwood, about 125 miles away, leaves $1,090 a month, more than Punta Gorda.