Elementary school teacher · Santa Rosa, CA
Elementary school teacher in Santa Rosa: $1,826/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Santa Rosa at $99,060 a year. About 2,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $60,130 and the 90th is $119,560. Pay ranks 23rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,100/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,826 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 240 miles away, at $2,664 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,826
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$99,060
$60,130 to $119,560
Rent (1 bd)
$2,100
$2,500 (2 bd)
Employment
2,180
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
23rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $99,060.
- Taxes$2,185
- Rent$2,100
- Other living costs$2,144
- Left over$1,826
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,060
- Federal income tax
- −$13,407
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,578
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,240
- Take-home pay
- $72,835
- Effective tax rate
- 26.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,100
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,244
Left over each month
$8,255 gross, minus $2,185 in tax and $4,244 in living costs.
$1,826
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 Rosa?
$99,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Santa Rosa?
$1,826 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,100, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Hanford, about 240 miles away, leaves $2,664 a month, more than Santa Rosa.