Elementary school teacher · Ithaca, NY
Elementary school teacher in Ithaca: $819/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Ithaca at $63,610 a year. About 460 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $51,120 and the 90th is $95,530. Pay ranks 149th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,571/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $819 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 118 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$819
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,610
$51,120 to $95,530
Rent (1 bd)
$1,571
$1,870 (2 bd)
Employment
460
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
149th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,610.
- Taxes$1,114
- Rent$1,571
- Other living costs$1,797
- Left over$819
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,610
- Federal income tax
- −$5,608
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,866
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,894
- Take-home pay
- $50,242
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,571
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $359
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,368
Left over each month
$5,301 gross, minus $1,114 in tax and $3,368 in living costs.
$819
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 Ithaca?
$63,610 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 460 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Ithaca?
$819 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,571, and pay covers 3.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 118 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Ithaca.