Elementary school teacher · Anchorage, AK
Elementary school teacher in Anchorage: $1,662/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Anchorage at $79,270 a year. About 1,720 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.09). The 10th percentile is $62,750 and the 90th is $97,090. Pay ranks 58th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,662 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Fairbanks is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,650 left over a month), and Anchorage still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,662
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,270
$62,750 to $97,090
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
1,720
Location quotient 1.09
Pay rank
58th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $79,270.
- Taxes$1,260
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$1,662
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,270
- Federal income tax
- −$9,053
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,064
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $64,152
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$6,606 gross, minus $1,260 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$1,662
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $1,650/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Anchorage?
$79,270 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,720 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Anchorage?
$1,662 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Anchorage leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Fairbanks at $1,650 a month.