Elementary school teacher · Riverside, CA
Elementary school teacher in Riverside: $1,958/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Riverside at $98,520 a year. About 18,850 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.23). The 10th percentile is $62,330 and the 90th is $130,850. Pay ranks 26th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,940/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,958 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is El Centro, about 113 miles away, at $2,940 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$1,958
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,520
$62,330 to $130,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,940
$2,309 (2 bd)
Employment
18,850
Location quotient 1.23
Pay rank
26th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $98,520.
- Taxes$2,131
- Rent$1,940
- Other$2,181
- Left$1,958
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,520
- Federal income tax
- −$12,844
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,537
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,190
- Take-home pay
- $72,949
- Effective tax rate
- 26.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,940
- Groceries
- $424
- Getting around
- $644
- Healthcare
- $477
- Utilities and internet
- $265
- Everything else
- $371
- Total spending
- $4,121
After tax and rent
$1,958 left/mo
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: El Centro, $2,940/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Riverside?
$98,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 18,850 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Riverside?
$1,958 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,940, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
El Centro, about 113 miles away, leaves $2,940 a month, more than Riverside.