Elementary school teacher · Albuquerque, NM
Elementary school teacher in Albuquerque: $1,893/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Albuquerque at $75,520 a year. About 1,900 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $60,470 and the 90th is $83,850. Pay ranks 100th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,119/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,893 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Farmington, about 144 miles away, at $2,116 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,893
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,520
$60,470 to $83,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,119
$1,332 (2 bd)
Employment
1,900
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
100th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $75,520.
- Taxes$1,372
- Rent$1,119
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$1,893
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,520
- Federal income tax
- −$8,228
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,777
- State income tax (NM)
- −$2,454
- Take-home pay
- $59,060
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,119
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,029
Left over each month
$6,293 gross, minus $1,372 in tax and $3,029 in living costs.
$1,893
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Farmington, $2,116/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Albuquerque?
$75,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,900 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Albuquerque?
$1,893 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,119, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Farmington, about 144 miles away, leaves $2,116 a month, more than Albuquerque.