Elementary school teacher · Dover, DE
Elementary school teacher in Dover: $1,468/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Dover at $75,080 a year. About 580 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $49,280 and the 90th is $89,380. Pay ranks 102nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,468 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 207 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,468
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,080
$49,280 to $89,380
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
580
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
102nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $75,080.
- Taxes$1,470
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$1,468
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,080
- Federal income tax
- −$8,132
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,744
- State income tax (DE)
- −$3,768
- Take-home pay
- $57,437
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$6,257 gross, minus $1,470 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$1,468
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 Dover?
$75,080 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 580 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Dover?
$1,468 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 207 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Dover.