Elementary school teacher · Salem, OR
Elementary school teacher in Salem: $1,148/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Salem at $74,810 a year. About 1,120 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $47,570 and the 90th is $95,860. Pay ranks 103rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,270/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,148 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Walla Walla, about 233 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,148
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,810
$47,570 to $95,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,270
$1,512 (2 bd)
Employment
1,120
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
103rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $74,810.
- Taxes$1,650
- Rent$1,270
- Other living costs$2,166
- Left over$1,148
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,810
- Federal income tax
- −$8,072
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,723
- State income tax (OR)
- −$6,005
- Take-home pay
- $55,010
- Effective tax rate
- 26.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,270
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,436
Left over each month
$6,234 gross, minus $1,650 in tax and $3,436 in living costs.
$1,148
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Walla Walla, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Salem?
$74,810 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,120 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Salem?
$1,148 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,270, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Walla Walla, about 233 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Salem.