Elementary school teacher · Tulsa, OK
Elementary school teacher in Tulsa: $455/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Tulsa at $48,220 a year. About 4,030 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $46,670 and the 90th is $60,680. Pay ranks 363rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($967/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $455 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Wichita Falls, about 216 miles away, at $1,410 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$455
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,220
$46,670 to $60,680
Rent (1 bd)
$967
$1,151 (2 bd)
Employment
4,030
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
363rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $48,220.
- Taxes$770
- Rent$967
- Other living costs$1,827
- Left over$455
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,220
- Federal income tax
- −$3,748
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,689
- State income tax (OK)
- −$1,800
- Take-home pay
- $38,983
- Effective tax rate
- 19.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $967
- Groceries
- $356
- Getting around
- $536
- Healthcare
- $401
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $312
- Total spending
- $2,794
Left over each month
$4,018 gross, minus $770 in tax and $2,794 in living costs.
$455
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Wichita Falls, $1,410/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Tulsa?
$48,220 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,030 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Tulsa?
$455 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $967, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Wichita Falls, about 216 miles away, leaves $1,410 a month, more than Tulsa.