Elementary school teacher · Binghamton, NY
Elementary school teacher in Binghamton: $1,807/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Binghamton at $76,540 a year. About 980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $54,410 and the 90th is $100,270. Pay ranks 91st-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,082/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,807 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 91 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,807
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,540
$54,410 to $100,270
Rent (1 bd)
$1,082
$1,288 (2 bd)
Employment
980
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
91st of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $76,540.
- Taxes$1,493
- Rent$1,082
- Other living costs$1,997
- Left over$1,807
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,540
- Federal income tax
- −$8,453
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,855
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,605
- Take-home pay
- $58,627
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,082
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,079
Left over each month
$6,378 gross, minus $1,493 in tax and $3,079 in living costs.
$1,807
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 Binghamton?
$76,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Binghamton?
$1,807 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,082, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 91 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Binghamton.