High school teacher · Boise, ID
High school teacher in Boise: $730/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Boise at $61,140 a year. About 2,920 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.09). The 10th percentile is $48,740 and the 90th is $81,430. Pay ranks 267th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,383/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $730 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lewiston, about 227 miles away, at $1,835 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$730
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,140
$48,740 to $81,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,383
$1,647 (2 bd)
Employment
2,920
Location quotient 1.09
Pay rank
267th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $61,140.
- Taxes$1,052
- Rent$1,383
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$730
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,140
- Federal income tax
- −$5,298
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,677
- State income tax (ID)
- −$2,650
- Take-home pay
- $48,514
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,383
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,313
Left over each month
$5,095 gross, minus $1,052 in tax and $3,313 in living costs.
$730
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lewiston, $1,835/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Boise?
$61,140 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,920 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Boise?
$730 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,383, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Lewiston, about 227 miles away, leaves $1,835 a month, more than Boise.