Elementary School Teachers salary in Evansville, IN

Median pay for elementary school teachers in Evansville, IN: $49,800/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $38,350 – $65,470 · about 1,210 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($62,430) by −$12,630 (-20%).

What it's really worth in Evansville

With Evansville's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $49,800 has the buying power of about $55,335 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $64,084 · median home $226,753 · median rent $1,087/mo.

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How Evansville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Evansville, IN is 172nd of the 187 metros we hold elementary school teachers wages for. Once Evansville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 160th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Evansville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Evansville

A median home in Evansville, IN costs $226,753 — about 4.6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,087/mo works out at 26% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where elementary school teachers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Evansville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Evansville	Rent vs Evansville
Merced, CA	$105,090	+111%	1.8×
San Francisco, CA	$103,440	+108%	3×
Oxnard, CA	$103,350	+108%	2.7×
Modesto, CA	$101,210	+103%	1.9×

Same job elsewhere in IN

Metro	Median pay	vs Evansville	Rent vs Evansville
Indianapolis, IN	$57,990	+16%	1.4×
South Bend, IN	$49,160	−1%	1.2×
Fort Wayne, IN	$49,060	−1%	1.2×

Staying in IN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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