High school teacher · Omaha, NE
High school teacher in Omaha: $1,273/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Omaha at $63,900 a year. About 3,540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $47,610 and the 90th is $78,760. Pay ranks 169th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,089/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,273 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 130 miles away, at $1,788 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,273
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,900
$47,610 to $78,760
Rent (1 bd)
$1,089
$1,297 (2 bd)
Employment
3,540
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
169th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $63,900.
- Taxes$1,084
- Rent$1,089
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$1,273
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,900
- Federal income tax
- −$5,672
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,888
- State income tax (NE)
- −$2,444
- Take-home pay
- $50,896
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,089
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,968
Left over each month
$5,325 gross, minus $1,084 in tax and $2,968 in living costs.
$1,273
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 Omaha?
$63,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Omaha?
$1,273 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,089, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 130 miles away, leaves $1,788 a month, more than Omaha.