Elementary school teacher · Providence, RI
Elementary school teacher in Providence: $1,806/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Providence at $86,720 a year. About 6,280 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $50,060 and the 90th is $99,610. Pay ranks 38th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,740/mo). Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,806 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 154 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,806
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$86,720
$50,060 to $99,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,740
$2,072 (2 bd)
Employment
6,280
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
38th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $86,720.
- Taxes$1,682
- Rent$1,740
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$1,806
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $86,720
- Federal income tax
- −$10,692
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,634
- State income tax (RI)
- −$2,856
- Take-home pay
- $66,537
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,740
- Groceries
- $416
- Getting around
- $491
- Healthcare
- $468
- Utilities and internet
- $260
- Everything else
- $364
- Total spending
- $3,739
Left over each month
$7,227 gross, minus $1,682 in tax and $3,739 in living costs.
$1,806
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 Providence?
$86,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 6,280 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Providence?
$1,806 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,740, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 154 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Providence.