High school teacher · Canton, OH
High school teacher in Canton: $2,309/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Canton at $77,690 a year. About 1,630 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.46). The 10th percentile is $47,240 and the 90th is $99,090. Pay ranks 90th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($792/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,309 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 30 miles away, at $2,442 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,309
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,690
$47,240 to $99,090
Rent (1 bd)
$792
$943 (2 bd)
Employment
1,630
Location quotient 1.46
Pay rank
90th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $77,690.
- Taxes$1,469
- Rent$792
- Other living costs$1,905
- Left over$2,309
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,690
- Federal income tax
- −$8,706
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,943
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,420
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,554
- Take-home pay
- $60,067
- Effective tax rate
- 22.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $792
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,697
Left over each month
$6,474 gross, minus $1,469 in tax and $2,697 in living costs.
$2,309
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,442/mo.
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Canton?
$77,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,630 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Canton?
$2,309 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $792, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Akron, about 30 miles away, leaves $2,442 a month, more than Canton.