Elementary school teacher · South Bend, IN
Elementary school teacher in South Bend: $931/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in South Bend at $58,180 a year. About 1,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $47,660 and the 90th is $76,890. Pay ranks 303rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,005/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $931 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 170 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$931
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,180
$47,660 to $76,890
Rent (1 bd)
$1,005
$1,196 (2 bd)
Employment
1,220
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
303rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $58,180.
- Taxes$998
- Rent$1,005
- Other living costs$1,914
- Left over$931
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,180
- Federal income tax
- −$4,943
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,451
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,715
- City / county wage tax
- −$873
- Take-home pay
- $46,198
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,005
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,919
Left over each month
$4,848 gross, minus $998 in tax and $2,919 in living costs.
$931
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dayton, $2,235/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in South Bend?
$58,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,220 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in South Bend?
$931 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,005, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 170 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than South Bend.