Elementary school teacher · Wausau, WI
Elementary school teacher in Wausau: $1,324/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Wausau at $59,500 a year. About 460 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 $48,550 and the 90th is $78,440. Pay ranks 280th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,324 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Cloud, about 235 miles away, at $1,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,324
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,500
$48,550 to $78,440
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
460
Location quotient 0.74
Pay rank
280th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,500.
- Taxes$976
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$1,324
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,500
- Federal income tax
- −$5,102
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,552
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,056
- Take-home pay
- $47,791
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$4,958 gross, minus $976 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$1,324
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Cloud, $1,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Wausau?
$59,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 460 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Wausau?
$1,324 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
St. Cloud, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,933 a month, more than Wausau.