Elementary school teacher · Traverse City, MI
Elementary school teacher in Traverse City: $1,008/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Traverse City at $66,020 a year. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.74). The 10th percentile is $47,490 and the 90th is $81,170. Pay ranks 124th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,008 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bay City, about 129 miles away, at $1,939 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,008
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$66,020
$47,490 to $81,170
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 0.74
Pay rank
124th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $66,020.
- Taxes$1,201
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$1,008
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $66,020
- Federal income tax
- −$6,138
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,051
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,568
- City / county wage tax
- −$660
- Take-home pay
- $51,603
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$5,502 gross, minus $1,201 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$1,008
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bay City, $1,939/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Traverse City?
$66,020 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 450 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Traverse City?
$1,008 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,399, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Bay City, about 129 miles away, leaves $1,939 a month, more than Traverse City.