High school teacher · Dayton, OH
High school teacher in Dayton: $2,159/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Dayton at $78,970 a year. About 3,040 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $49,200 and the 90th is $99,860. Pay ranks 78th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/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 $2,159 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 235 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,159
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,970
$49,200 to $99,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
3,040
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
78th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $78,970.
- Taxes$1,505
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$2,159
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,970
- Federal income tax
- −$8,987
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,041
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,455
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,579
- Take-home pay
- $60,907
- Effective tax rate
- 22.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$6,581 gross, minus $1,505 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$2,159
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 Dayton?
$78,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,040 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Dayton?
$2,159 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 $1,018, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 235 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Dayton.