Elementary school teacher · Vallejo, CA
Elementary school teacher in Vallejo: $2,080/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Vallejo at $100,790 a year. About 1,680 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.30). The 10th percentile is $62,640 and the 90th is $131,020. Pay ranks 12th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,890/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,080 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 191 miles away, at $2,664 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,080
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,790
$62,640 to $131,020
Rent (1 bd)
$1,890
$2,250 (2 bd)
Employment
1,680
Location quotient 1.30
Pay rank
12th 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 $100,790.
- Taxes$2,242
- Rent$1,890
- Other living costs$2,188
- Left over$2,080
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,790
- Federal income tax
- −$13,788
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,710
- State income tax (CA)
- −$5,401
- Take-home pay
- $73,891
- Effective tax rate
- 26.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,890
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $618
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,078
Left over each month
$8,399 gross, minus $2,242 in tax and $4,078 in living costs.
$2,080
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,664/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Vallejo?
$100,790 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,680 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Vallejo?
$2,080 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,890, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Hanford, about 191 miles away, leaves $2,664 a month, more than Vallejo.