High school teacher · Evansville, IN
High school teacher in Evansville: $1,109/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Evansville at $59,850 a year. About 760 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $48,340 and the 90th is $79,530. Pay ranks 306th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($893/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 $1,109 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dayton, about 222 miles away, at $2,159 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,109
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,850
$48,340 to $79,530
Rent (1 bd)
$893
$1,063 (2 bd)
Employment
760
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
306th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $59,850.
- Taxes$1,032
- Rent$893
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,109
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,850
- Federal income tax
- −$5,144
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,579
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,766
- City / county wage tax
- −$898
- Take-home pay
- $47,465
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $893
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $581
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,846
Left over each month
$4,988 gross, minus $1,032 in tax and $2,846 in living costs.
$1,109
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 Evansville?
$59,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 760 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Evansville?
$1,109 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 $893, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Dayton, about 222 miles away, leaves $2,159 a month, more than Evansville.