Elementary school teacher · Santa Maria, CA
Elementary school teacher in Santa Maria: $1,732/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Santa Maria at $101,030 a year. About 2,170 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.21). The 10th percentile is $62,530 and the 90th is $124,770. Pay ranks 11th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,323/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,732 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 107 miles away, at $2,664 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,732
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,030
$62,530 to $124,770
Rent (1 bd)
$2,323
$2,765 (2 bd)
Employment
2,170
Location quotient 1.21
Pay rank
11th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $101,030.
- Taxes$2,249
- Rent$2,323
- Other living costs$2,115
- Left over$1,732
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,030
- Federal income tax
- −$13,841
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,729
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,423
- Take-home pay
- $74,038
- Effective tax rate
- 26.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,323
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $544
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,438
Left over each month
$8,419 gross, minus $2,249 in tax and $4,438 in living costs.
$1,732
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 Santa Maria?
$101,030 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,170 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Santa Maria?
$1,732 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,323, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Hanford, about 107 miles away, leaves $2,664 a month, more than Santa Maria.