Elementary school teacher · Twin Falls, ID
Elementary school teacher in Twin Falls: $874/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Twin Falls at $60,890 a year. About 490 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $46,570 and the 90th is $75,340. Pay ranks 230th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,148/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $874 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Logan, about 147 miles away, at $1,823 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$874
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,890
$46,570 to $75,340
Rent (1 bd)
$1,148
$1,367 (2 bd)
Employment
490
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
230th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,890.
- Taxes$1,047
- Rent$1,148
- Other living costs$2,005
- Left over$874
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,890
- Federal income tax
- −$5,268
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,658
- State income tax (ID)
- −$2,636
- Take-home pay
- $48,327
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,148
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $603
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,153
Left over each month
$5,074 gross, minus $1,047 in tax and $3,153 in living costs.
$874
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Logan, $1,823/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Twin Falls?
$60,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 490 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Twin Falls?
$874 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,148, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Logan, about 147 miles away, leaves $1,823 a month, more than Twin Falls.