Elementary school teacher · Harrisburg, PA
Elementary school teacher in Harrisburg: $1,865/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Harrisburg at $77,160 a year. About 2,990 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.00). The 10th percentile is $58,440 and the 90th is $92,000. Pay ranks 78th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,115/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,865 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 183 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,865
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,160
$58,440 to $92,000
Rent (1 bd)
$1,115
$1,327 (2 bd)
Employment
2,990
Location quotient 1.00
Pay rank
78th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $77,160.
- Taxes$1,469
- Rent$1,115
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$1,865
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,160
- Federal income tax
- −$8,589
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,903
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,369
- City / county wage tax
- −$772
- Take-home pay
- $59,528
- Effective tax rate
- 22.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,115
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $527
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,096
Left over each month
$6,430 gross, minus $1,469 in tax and $3,096 in living costs.
$1,865
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 Harrisburg?
$77,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,990 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Harrisburg?
$1,865 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,115, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 183 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Harrisburg.