Elementary school teacher · Harrisonburg, VA
Elementary school teacher in Harrisonburg: $1,560/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Harrisonburg at $77,340 a year. About 660 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $60,510 and the 90th is $77,340. Pay ranks 76th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,395/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,560 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 198 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,560
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,340
$60,510 to $77,340
Rent (1 bd)
$1,395
$1,661 (2 bd)
Employment
660
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
76th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $77,340.
- Taxes$1,521
- Rent$1,395
- Other living costs$1,969
- Left over$1,560
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,340
- Federal income tax
- −$8,629
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,917
- State income tax (VA)
- −$3,701
- Take-home pay
- $59,094
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,395
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,364
Left over each month
$6,445 gross, minus $1,521 in tax and $3,364 in living costs.
$1,560
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 Harrisonburg?
$77,340 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 660 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Harrisonburg?
$1,560 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,395, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 198 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Harrisonburg.