High school teacher · Terre Haute, IN
High school teacher in Terre Haute: $1,345/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Terre Haute at $61,650 a year. About 540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.22). The 10th percentile is $46,860 and the 90th is $80,320. Pay ranks 240th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,345 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 166 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,345
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,650
$46,860 to $80,320
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
540
Location quotient 1.22
Pay rank
240th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $61,650.
- Taxes$1,068
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$1,345
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,650
- Federal income tax
- −$5,360
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,716
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,820
- City / county wage tax
- −$925
- Take-home pay
- $48,830
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$5,138 gross, minus $1,068 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$1,345
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 Terre Haute?
$61,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 540 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Terre Haute?
$1,345 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $759, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 166 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Terre Haute.