High school teacher · Bay City, MI
High school teacher in Bay City: $1,068/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Bay City at $58,690 a year. About 220 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $45,620 and the 90th is $92,900. Pay ranks 323rd-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/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 $1,068 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 238 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,068
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,690
$45,620 to $92,900
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
220
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
323rd of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $58,690.
- Taxes$1,028
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,068
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,690
- Federal income tax
- −$5,004
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,490
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,256
- City / county wage tax
- −$587
- Take-home pay
- $46,353
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$4,891 gross, minus $1,028 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$1,068
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chicago, $2,451/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Bay City?
$58,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 220 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Bay City?
$1,068 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 $842, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 238 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Bay City.