Elementary school teacher · San Diego, CA
Elementary school teacher in San Diego: $1,362/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in San Diego at $97,000 a year. About 11,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $62,140 and the 90th is $123,450. Pay ranks 34th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,292/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,362 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is El Centro, about 82 miles away, at $2,940 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$1,362
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,000
$62,140 to $123,450
Rent (1 bd)
$2,292
$2,728 (2 bd)
Employment
11,340
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
34th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $97,000.
- Taxes$2,082
- Rent$2,292
- Other$2,348
- Left$1,362
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,000
- Federal income tax
- −$12,510
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,421
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,048
- Take-home pay
- $72,021
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,292
- Groceries
- $468
- Getting around
- $650
- Healthcare
- $527
- Utilities and internet
- $293
- Everything else
- $410
- Total spending
- $4,640
After tax and rent
$1,362 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 San Diego?
$97,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 11,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in San Diego?
$1,362 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,292, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
El Centro, about 82 miles away, leaves $2,940 a month, more than San Diego.