High school teacher · Lincoln, NE
High school teacher in Lincoln: $1,424/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lincoln at $62,920 a year. About 860 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.69). The 10th percentile is $61,980 and the 90th is $76,750. Pay ranks 194th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,424 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 185 miles away, at $1,788 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,424
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,920
$61,980 to $76,750
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
860
Location quotient 0.69
Pay rank
194th 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 $62,920.
- Taxes$1,060
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$1,424
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,920
- Federal income tax
- −$5,512
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,813
- State income tax (NE)
- −$2,393
- Take-home pay
- $50,202
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$5,243 gross, minus $1,060 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$1,424
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,788/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Lincoln?
$62,920 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 860 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lincoln?
$1,424 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 185 miles away, leaves $1,788 a month, more than Lincoln.