High school teacher · Lima, OH
High school teacher in Lima: $1,976/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lima at $75,760 a year. About 380 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.12). The 10th percentile is $46,570 and the 90th is $97,380. Pay ranks 109th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/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 $1,976 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 206 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,976
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,760
$46,570 to $97,380
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
380
Location quotient 1.12
Pay rank
109th 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 $75,760.
- Taxes$1,413
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$1,976
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,760
- Federal income tax
- −$8,281
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,796
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,367
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,515
- Take-home pay
- $58,801
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$6,313 gross, minus $1,413 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$1,976
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 Lima?
$75,760 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 380 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lima?
$1,976 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 $977, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 206 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Lima.