Elementary school teacher · Lexington Park, MD
Elementary school teacher in Lexington Park: $1,072/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lexington Park at $76,170 a year. About 1,200 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.90). The 10th percentile is $56,290 and the 90th is $102,330. Pay ranks 96th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,593/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,072 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is York, about 112 miles away, at $2,015 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,072
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,170
$56,290 to $102,330
Rent (1 bd)
$1,593
$1,896 (2 bd)
Employment
1,200
Location quotient 1.90
Pay rank
96th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $76,170.
- Taxes$1,661
- Rent$1,593
- Other living costs$2,022
- Left over$1,072
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,170
- Federal income tax
- −$8,371
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,827
- State income tax (MD)
- −$3,444
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,285
- Take-home pay
- $56,242
- Effective tax rate
- 26.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,593
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,615
Left over each month
$6,348 gross, minus $1,661 in tax and $3,615 in living costs.
$1,072
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: York, $2,015/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Lexington Park?
$76,170 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,200 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lexington Park?
$1,072 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,593, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
York, about 112 miles away, leaves $2,015 a month, more than Lexington Park.