Elementary school teacher · Hartford, CT
Elementary school teacher in Hartford: $1,437/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Hartford at $79,800 a year. About 4,980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $51,880 and the 90th is $105,810. Pay ranks 52nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,625/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,437 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 90 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,437
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,800
$51,880 to $105,810
Rent (1 bd)
$1,625
$1,934 (2 bd)
Employment
4,980
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
52nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $79,800.
- Taxes$1,576
- Rent$1,625
- Other living costs$2,012
- Left over$1,437
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,800
- Federal income tax
- −$9,170
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,105
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,639
- Take-home pay
- $60,886
- Effective tax rate
- 23.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,625
- Groceries
- $412
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $464
- Utilities and internet
- $258
- Everything else
- $361
- Total spending
- $3,637
Left over each month
$6,650 gross, minus $1,576 in tax and $3,637 in living costs.
$1,437
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 Hartford?
$79,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,980 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Hartford?
$1,437 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,625, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 90 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Hartford.