Elementary school teacher · Topeka, KS
Elementary school teacher in Topeka: $1,042/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Topeka at $58,950 a year. About 1,170 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 $48,870 and the 90th is $61,480. Pay ranks 291st-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,042 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 235 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,042
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,950
$48,870 to $61,480
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
1,170
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
291st 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 $58,950.
- Taxes$1,046
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$1,042
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,950
- Federal income tax
- −$5,036
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,510
- State income tax (KS)
- −$3,001
- Take-home pay
- $46,404
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$4,913 gross, minus $1,046 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$1,042
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,723/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Topeka?
$58,950 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,170 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Topeka?
$1,042 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Topeka.