Elementary school teacher · New York, NY
Elementary school teacher in New York: $543/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in New York at $96,900 a year. About 98,900 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $62,530 and the 90th is $136,330. Pay ranks 36th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($3,018/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.88% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $543 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 87 miles away, at $2,593 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$543
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,900
$62,530 to $136,330
Rent (1 bd)
$3,018
$3,593 (2 bd)
Employment
98,900
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
36th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $96,900.
- Taxes$2,369
- Rent$3,018
- Other$2,145
- Left$543
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,900
- Federal income tax
- −$12,488
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,413
- State income tax (NY)
- −$4,766
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,756
- Take-home pay
- $68,478
- Effective tax rate
- 29.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $3,018
- Groceries
- $496
- Getting around
- $347
- Healthcare
- $558
- Utilities and internet
- $310
- Everything else
- $434
- Total spending
- $5,163
After tax and rent
$543 left/mo
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingston, $2,593/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in New York?
$96,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 98,900 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in New York?
$543 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.88% city wage tax Rent is $3,018, and pay covers 2.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 87 miles away, leaves $2,593 a month, more than New York.