High school teacher · Milwaukee, WI
High school teacher in Milwaukee: $1,720/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Milwaukee at $75,370 a year. About 4,120 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.73). The 10th percentile is $47,250 and the 90th is $96,830. Pay ranks 112th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,261/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,720 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 80 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,720
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,370
$47,250 to $96,830
Rent (1 bd)
$1,261
$1,501 (2 bd)
Employment
4,120
Location quotient 0.73
Pay rank
112th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $75,370.
- Taxes$1,405
- Rent$1,261
- Other living costs$1,895
- Left over$1,720
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,370
- Federal income tax
- −$8,195
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,766
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,897
- Take-home pay
- $58,512
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,261
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $503
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,156
Left over each month
$6,281 gross, minus $1,405 in tax and $3,156 in living costs.
$1,720
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 Milwaukee?
$75,370 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,120 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Milwaukee?
$1,720 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,261, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 80 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Milwaukee.