Elementary school teacher · Norwich, CT
Elementary school teacher in Norwich: $1,617/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Norwich at $83,840 a year. About 1,060 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $60,530 and the 90th is $102,610. Pay ranks 39th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,618/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,617 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 116 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,617
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$83,840
$60,530 to $102,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,618
$1,926 (2 bd)
Employment
1,060
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
39th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $83,840.
- Taxes$1,694
- Rent$1,618
- Other living costs$2,057
- Left over$1,617
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,840
- Federal income tax
- −$10,059
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,414
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,861
- Take-home pay
- $63,506
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,618
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,675
Left over each month
$6,987 gross, minus $1,694 in tax and $3,675 in living costs.
$1,617
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 Norwich?
$83,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,060 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Norwich?
$1,617 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,618, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 116 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Norwich.