Elementary school teacher · Parkersburg, WV
Elementary school teacher in Parkersburg: $963/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Parkersburg at $55,140 a year. About 230 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.71). The 10th percentile is $48,550 and the 90th is $62,830. Pay ranks 324th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($744/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $963 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 110 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$963
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,140
$48,550 to $62,830
Rent (1 bd)
$744
$886 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
324th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $55,140.
- Taxes$886
- Rent$744
- Other living costs$2,002
- Left over$963
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,140
- Federal income tax
- −$4,578
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,218
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,838
- Take-home pay
- $44,506
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $744
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,746
Left over each month
$4,595 gross, minus $886 in tax and $2,746 in living costs.
$963
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Parkersburg?
$55,140 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Parkersburg?
$963 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $744, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 110 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Parkersburg.