Elementary school teacher · St. Cloud, MN
Elementary school teacher in St. Cloud: $1,933/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in St. Cloud at $73,160 a year. About 950 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $49,360 and the 90th is $88,270. Pay ranks 113th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($986/mo). Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,933 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Rochester is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,766 left over a month), and St. Cloud still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,933
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,160
$49,360 to $88,270
Rent (1 bd)
$986
$1,174 (2 bd)
Employment
950
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
113th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $73,160.
- Taxes$1,401
- Rent$986
- Other living costs$1,776
- Left over$1,933
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,160
- Federal income tax
- −$7,709
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,597
- State income tax (MN)
- −$3,512
- Take-home pay
- $56,343
- Effective tax rate
- 23.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $986
- Groceries
- $352
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $396
- Utilities and internet
- $220
- Everything else
- $308
- Total spending
- $2,762
Left over each month
$6,097 gross, minus $1,401 in tax and $2,762 in living costs.
$1,933
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rochester, $1,766/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in St. Cloud?
$73,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 950 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in St. Cloud?
$1,933 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $986, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Rochester at $1,766 a month.