High school teacher · Bloomington, IN
High school teacher in Bloomington: $974/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Bloomington at $58,630 a year. About 350 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.70). The 10th percentile is $45,270 and the 90th is $80,140. Pay ranks 324th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,062/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $974 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 184 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$974
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,630
$45,270 to $80,140
Rent (1 bd)
$1,062
$1,264 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 0.70
Pay rank
324th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $58,630.
- Taxes$1,008
- Rent$1,062
- Other living costs$1,842
- Left over$974
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,630
- Federal income tax
- −$4,997
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,485
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,729
- City / county wage tax
- −$879
- Take-home pay
- $46,539
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,062
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $470
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,904
Left over each month
$4,886 gross, minus $1,008 in tax and $2,904 in living costs.
$974
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 Bloomington?
$58,630 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Bloomington?
$974 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,062, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 184 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Bloomington.