High school teacher · Lafayette, IN
High school teacher in Lafayette: $1,258/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lafayette at $62,590 a year. About 630 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $49,720 and the 90th is $97,090. Pay ranks 201st-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/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 $1,258 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 98 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,258
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,590
$49,720 to $97,090
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
630
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
201st of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $62,590.
- Taxes$1,087
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$1,258
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,590
- Federal income tax
- −$5,472
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,788
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,848
- City / county wage tax
- −$939
- Take-home pay
- $49,543
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$5,216 gross, minus $1,087 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$1,258
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 Lafayette?
$62,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 630 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lafayette?
$1,258 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 $981, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 98 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Lafayette.