Elementary school teacher · Reading, PA
Elementary school teacher in Reading: $1,926/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Reading at $79,860 a year. About 1,780 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.14). The 10th percentile is $59,420 and the 90th is $94,700. Pay ranks 50th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,926 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 137 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,926
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,860
$59,420 to $94,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
1,780
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
50th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $79,860.
- Taxes$1,545
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$2,017
- Left over$1,926
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,860
- Federal income tax
- −$9,183
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,109
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,452
- City / county wage tax
- −$799
- Take-home pay
- $61,317
- Effective tax rate
- 23.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,184
Left over each month
$6,655 gross, minus $1,545 in tax and $3,184 in living costs.
$1,926
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 Reading?
$79,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,780 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Reading?
$1,926 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 137 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Reading.