Elementary school teacher · Terre Haute, IN
Elementary school teacher in Terre Haute: $1,071/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Terre Haute at $57,320 a year. About 660 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.14). The 10th percentile is $46,160 and the 90th is $72,920. Pay ranks 317th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/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 $1,071 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 173 miles away, at $2,235 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,071
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,320
$46,160 to $72,920
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
660
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
317th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $57,320.
- Taxes$981
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$1,071
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,320
- Federal income tax
- −$4,840
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,385
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,690
- City / county wage tax
- −$860
- Take-home pay
- $45,546
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$4,777 gross, minus $981 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$1,071
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 Terre Haute?
$57,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 660 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Terre Haute?
$1,071 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 $759, and pay covers 6.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 173 miles away, leaves $2,235 a month, more than Terre Haute.