High school teacher · Elizabethtown, KY
High school teacher in Elizabethtown: $1,141/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Elizabethtown at $61,560 a year. About 320 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $48,610 and the 90th is $76,030. Pay ranks 244th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,141 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 178 miles away, at $2,159 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,141
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,560
$48,610 to $76,030
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
320
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
244th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $61,560.
- Taxes$1,109
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$1,141
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,560
- Federal income tax
- −$5,349
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,709
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,332
- City / county wage tax
- −$923
- Take-home pay
- $48,247
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$5,130 gross, minus $1,109 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$1,141
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dayton, $2,159/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Elizabethtown?
$61,560 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 320 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Elizabethtown?
$1,141 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 178 miles away, leaves $2,159 a month, more than Elizabethtown.