Elementary school teacher · Fairbanks, AK
Elementary school teacher in Fairbanks: $1,650/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Fairbanks at $79,160 a year. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $61,110 and the 90th is $99,230. Pay ranks 60th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,378/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,650 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Anchorage, about 196 miles away, at $1,662 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,650
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,160
$61,110 to $99,230
Rent (1 bd)
$1,378
$1,640 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
60th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $79,160.
- Taxes$1,257
- Rent$1,378
- Other living costs$2,312
- Left over$1,650
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,160
- Federal income tax
- −$9,029
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,056
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $64,075
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,378
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $656
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,690
Left over each month
$6,597 gross, minus $1,257 in tax and $3,690 in living costs.
$1,650
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Anchorage, $1,662/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Fairbanks?
$79,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Fairbanks?
$1,650 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,378, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Anchorage, about 196 miles away, leaves $1,662 a month, more than Fairbanks.