High school teacher · Lexington, KY
High school teacher in Lexington: $1,170/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lexington at $64,850 a year. About 1,540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $48,560 and the 90th is $83,310. Pay ranks 157th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/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 $1,170 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 247 miles away, at $2,309 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,170
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,850
$48,560 to $83,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
1,540
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
157th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $64,850.
- Taxes$1,190
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$1,170
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,850
- Federal income tax
- −$5,881
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,961
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,463
- City / county wage tax
- −$973
- Take-home pay
- $50,572
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$5,404 gross, minus $1,190 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$1,170
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,309/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Lexington?
$64,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lexington?
$1,170 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 $1,135, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 247 miles away, leaves $2,309 a month, more than Lexington.