Elementary school teacher · Charlottesville, VA
Elementary school teacher in Charlottesville: $643/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Charlottesville at $60,770 a year. About 1,040 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.01). The 10th percentile is $47,490 and the 90th is $77,670. Pay ranks 236th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,517/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $643 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 238 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$643
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,770
$47,490 to $77,670
Rent (1 bd)
$1,517
$1,806 (2 bd)
Employment
1,040
Location quotient 1.01
Pay rank
236th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,770.
- Taxes$1,054
- Rent$1,517
- Other living costs$1,850
- Left over$643
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,770
- Federal income tax
- −$5,254
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,649
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,748
- Take-home pay
- $48,119
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,517
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $445
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,367
Left over each month
$5,064 gross, minus $1,054 in tax and $3,367 in living costs.
$643
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Charlottesville?
$60,770 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,040 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Charlottesville?
$643 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,517, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 238 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Charlottesville.