High school teacher · Toledo, OH
High school teacher in Toledo: $2,136/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Toledo at $77,930 a year. About 3,080 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.54). The 10th percentile is $47,460 and the 90th is $100,450. Pay ranks 86th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($953/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 $2,136 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 215 miles away, at $2,451 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,136
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,930
$47,460 to $100,450
Rent (1 bd)
$953
$1,135 (2 bd)
Employment
3,080
Location quotient 1.54
Pay rank
86th 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 $77,930.
- Taxes$1,475
- Rent$953
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$2,136
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,930
- Federal income tax
- −$8,759
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,962
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,427
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,559
- Take-home pay
- $60,224
- Effective tax rate
- 22.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $953
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$6,494 gross, minus $1,475 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$2,136
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 Toledo?
$77,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,080 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Toledo?
$2,136 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 $953, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Chicago, about 215 miles away, leaves $2,451 a month, more than Toledo.