Elementary school teacher · Lancaster, PA
Elementary school teacher in Lancaster: $1,795/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lancaster at $78,360 a year. About 2,350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $60,740 and the 90th is $93,600. Pay ranks 69th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,217/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 $1,795 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 167 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,795
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,360
$60,740 to $93,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,217
$1,449 (2 bd)
Employment
2,350
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
69th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $78,360.
- Taxes$1,503
- Rent$1,217
- Other living costs$2,015
- Left over$1,795
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,360
- Federal income tax
- −$8,853
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,995
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,406
- City / county wage tax
- −$784
- Take-home pay
- $60,323
- Effective tax rate
- 23.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,217
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,232
Left over each month
$6,530 gross, minus $1,503 in tax and $3,232 in living costs.
$1,795
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 Lancaster?
$78,360 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,350 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lancaster?
$1,795 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 $1,217, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 167 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Lancaster.