Elementary school teacher · Las Cruces, NM
Elementary school teacher in Las Cruces: $2,024/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Las Cruces at $74,100 a year. About 890 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.25). The 10th percentile is $58,120 and the 90th is $75,460. Pay ranks 107th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,024 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Albuquerque is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,893 left over a month), and Las Cruces still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,024
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,100
$58,120 to $75,460
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
890
Location quotient 1.25
Pay rank
107th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $74,100.
- Taxes$1,331
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$2,024
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,100
- Federal income tax
- −$7,916
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,669
- State income tax (NM)
- −$2,388
- Take-home pay
- $58,128
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$6,175 gross, minus $1,331 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$2,024
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albuquerque, $1,893/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Las Cruces?
$74,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 890 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Las Cruces?
$2,024 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Las Cruces leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Albuquerque at $1,893 a month.