Elementary school teacher · Sioux Falls, SD
Elementary school teacher in Sioux Falls: $680/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Sioux Falls at $50,040 a year. About 1,330 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $46,400 and the 90th is $58,030. Pay ranks 348th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($982/mo). South Dakota has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $680 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 185 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$680
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,040
$46,400 to $58,030
Rent (1 bd)
$982
$1,169 (2 bd)
Employment
1,330
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
348th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $50,040.
- Taxes$650
- Rent$982
- Other living costs$1,858
- Left over$680
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,040
- Federal income tax
- −$3,966
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,828
- State income tax (SD)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $42,246
- Effective tax rate
- 15.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $982
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $539
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,840
Left over each month
$4,170 gross, minus $650 in tax and $2,840 in living costs.
$680
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Cloud, $1,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Sioux Falls?
$50,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,330 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Sioux Falls?
$680 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Dakota has no state income tax Rent is $982, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 185 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Sioux Falls.