Elementary school teacher · Hagerstown, MD
Elementary school teacher in Hagerstown: $855/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Hagerstown at $63,190 a year. About 1,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.23). The 10th percentile is $50,020 and the 90th is $95,870. Pay ranks 157th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $855 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 191 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$855
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,190
$50,020 to $95,870
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
1,180
Location quotient 1.23
Pay rank
157th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,190.
- Taxes$1,258
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$1,985
- Left over$855
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,190
- Federal income tax
- −$5,544
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,834
- State income tax (MD)
- −$2,828
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,896
- Take-home pay
- $48,088
- Effective tax rate
- 23.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $389
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $438
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $341
- Total spending
- $3,152
Left over each month
$5,266 gross, minus $1,258 in tax and $3,152 in living costs.
$855
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 Hagerstown?
$63,190 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,180 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Hagerstown?
$855 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 191 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Hagerstown.