Elementary school teacher · San Luis Obispo, CA
Elementary school teacher in San Luis Obispo: $1,857/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in San Luis Obispo at $97,620 a year. About 1,140 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.05). The 10th percentile is $61,800 and the 90th is $125,920. Pay ranks 32nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,013/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,857 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 59 miles away, at $2,664 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,857
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,620
$61,800 to $125,920
Rent (1 bd)
$2,013
$2,396 (2 bd)
Employment
1,140
Location quotient 1.05
Pay rank
32nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $97,620.
- Taxes$2,139
- Rent$2,013
- Other living costs$2,126
- Left over$1,857
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,620
- Federal income tax
- −$13,090
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,468
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,106
- Take-home pay
- $71,956
- Effective tax rate
- 26.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,013
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,139
Left over each month
$8,135 gross, minus $2,139 in tax and $4,139 in living costs.
$1,857
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,664/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in San Luis Obispo?
$97,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,140 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in San Luis Obispo?
$1,857 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,013, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Hanford, about 59 miles away, leaves $2,664 a month, more than San Luis Obispo.