Elementary school teacher · Mount Vernon, WA
Elementary school teacher in Mount Vernon: $2,773/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Mount Vernon at $100,730 a year. About 500 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 $79,390 and the 90th is $132,840. Pay ranks 13th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,652/mo). Washington has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,773 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Walla Walla, about 218 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,773
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,730
$79,390 to $132,840
Rent (1 bd)
$1,652
$1,967 (2 bd)
Employment
500
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
13th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $100,730.
- Taxes$1,790
- Rent$1,652
- Other living costs$2,179
- Left over$2,773
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,730
- Federal income tax
- −$13,775
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,706
- State income tax (WA)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $79,250
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,652
- Groceries
- $430
- Getting around
- $622
- Healthcare
- $483
- Utilities and internet
- $269
- Everything else
- $376
- Total spending
- $3,831
Left over each month
$8,394 gross, minus $1,790 in tax and $3,831 in living costs.
$2,773
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Walla Walla, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Mount Vernon?
$100,730 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 500 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Mount Vernon?
$2,773 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Washington has no state income tax Rent is $1,652, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Walla Walla, about 218 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Mount Vernon.