Elementary school teacher · Bangor, ME
Elementary school teacher in Bangor: $677/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bangor at $60,080 a year. About 940 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.45). The 10th percentile is $46,380 and the 90th is $83,490. Pay ranks 266th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,215/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $677 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Boston, about 232 miles away, at $1,381 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$677
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,080
$46,380 to $83,490
Rent (1 bd)
$1,215
$1,447 (2 bd)
Employment
940
Location quotient 1.45
Pay rank
266th 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 $60,080.
- Taxes$1,049
- Rent$1,215
- Other living costs$2,066
- Left over$677
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,080
- Federal income tax
- −$5,171
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,596
- State income tax (ME)
- −$2,815
- Take-home pay
- $47,497
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,215
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $578
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,281
Left over each month
$5,007 gross, minus $1,049 in tax and $3,281 in living costs.
$677
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Boston, $1,381/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Bangor?
$60,080 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 940 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bangor?
$677 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,215, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Boston, about 232 miles away, leaves $1,381 a month, more than Bangor.