Elementary school teacher · St. Louis, MO
Elementary school teacher take-home pay in St. Louis: $1,081 left over a month
A local elementary school teacher wage of about $62,000 in St. Louis, MO, after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,144. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$1,081
Local pay (annual)
$62,000
$4,104 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,144
$1,362 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a elementary school teacher.
- Taxes$1,063
- Rent$1,144
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$1,081
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,000
- Federal income tax
- −$5,402
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,743
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,987
- City / county wage tax
- −$620
- Take-home pay
- $49,248
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,144
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $3,023
Left over each month
$5,167 gross, minus $1,063 in tax and $3,023 in living costs.
$1,081
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Questions
What is elementary school teacher take-home pay in St. Louis?
On a local elementary school teacher wage of about $62,000, leftover after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,144 is about $1,081 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does St. Louis tax a elementary school teacher paycheck?
St. Louis is in Missouri, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%.
How does St. Louis compare for a elementary school teacher?
Open the St. Louis paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same elementary school teacher household.