Elementary school teacher · Bridgeport, CT
Elementary school teacher in Bridgeport: $1,839/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Bridgeport at $98,600 a year. About 4,590 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $61,220 and the 90th is $123,990. Pay ranks 25th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,839 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 66 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,839
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,600
$61,220 to $123,990
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
4,590
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
25th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $98,600.
- Taxes$2,127
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$1,839
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,600
- Federal income tax
- −$13,306
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,543
- State income tax (CT)
- −$4,673
- Take-home pay
- $73,078
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$8,217 gross, minus $2,127 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$1,839
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 Bridgeport?
$98,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,590 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Bridgeport?
$1,839 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 66 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Bridgeport.