Elementary School Teachers salary in Sioux Falls, SD
Median pay for elementary school teachers in Sioux Falls, SD: $49,980/yr
Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $42,080 – $55,960 · about 1,250 employed locally
Below the typical metro median ($62,430) by −$12,450 (-20%).
What it's really worth in Sioux Falls
With Sioux Falls's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $49,980 has the buying power of about $55,477 in an average-cost US metro.
Local context: median household income $78,552 · median home $342,936 · median rent $1,309/mo.
How Sioux Falls ranks for this job
On raw pay, Sioux Falls, SD is 171st of the 187 metros we hold elementary school teachers wages for. Once Sioux Falls's cost of living is applied, it ranks 158th.
Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Sioux Falls sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.
What that salary buys in Sioux Falls
A median home in Sioux Falls, SD costs $342,936 — about 6.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.
Median rent of $1,309/mo works out at 31% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.
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 Sioux Falls.
| Metro | Median pay | vs Sioux Falls | Rent vs Sioux Falls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced, CA | $105,090 | +110% | 1.5× |
| San Francisco, CA | $103,440 | +107% | 2.5× |
| Oxnard, CA | $103,350 | +107% | 2.3× |
| Modesto, CA | $101,210 | +103% | 1.6× |
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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.