Elementary school teacher · Atlantic City, NJ
Elementary school teacher in Atlantic City: $1,528/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Atlantic City at $80,480 a year. About 1,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $59,570 and the 90th is $102,590. Pay ranks 45th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,654/mo). New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,528 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 186 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,528
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,480
$59,570 to $102,590
Rent (1 bd)
$1,654
$1,969 (2 bd)
Employment
1,620
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
45th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $80,480.
- Taxes$1,534
- Rent$1,654
- Other living costs$1,990
- Left over$1,528
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,480
- Federal income tax
- −$9,320
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,157
- State income tax (NJ)
- −$2,937
- Take-home pay
- $62,067
- Effective tax rate
- 22.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,654
- Groceries
- $398
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $448
- Utilities and internet
- $249
- Everything else
- $349
- Total spending
- $3,644
Left over each month
$6,707 gross, minus $1,534 in tax and $3,644 in living costs.
$1,528
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingston, $2,555/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Atlantic City?
$80,480 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Atlantic City?
$1,528 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,654, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 186 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Atlantic City.