Elementary school teacher · Blacksburg, VA
Elementary school teacher in Blacksburg: $958/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Blacksburg at $60,600 a year. About 630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $48,240 and the 90th is $78,150. Pay ranks 244th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,103/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $958 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chambersburg, about 246 miles away, at $1,996 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$958
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,600
$48,240 to $78,150
Rent (1 bd)
$1,103
$1,313 (2 bd)
Employment
630
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
244th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,600.
- Taxes$1,051
- Rent$1,103
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$958
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,600
- Federal income tax
- −$5,234
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,636
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,738
- Take-home pay
- $47,992
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,103
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $533
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,041
Left over each month
$5,050 gross, minus $1,051 in tax and $3,041 in living costs.
$958
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chambersburg, $1,996/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Blacksburg?
$60,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Blacksburg?
$958 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,103, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Chambersburg, about 246 miles away, leaves $1,996 a month, more than Blacksburg.