Elementary school teacher · Salisbury, MD
Elementary school teacher in Salisbury: $1,053/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Salisbury at $72,250 a year. About 630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.32). The 10th percentile is $51,160 and the 90th is $98,440. Pay ranks 118th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,433/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,053 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is York, about 130 miles away, at $2,015 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,053
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$72,250
$51,160 to $98,440
Rent (1 bd)
$1,433
$1,706 (2 bd)
Employment
630
Location quotient 1.32
Pay rank
118th 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 $72,250.
- Taxes$1,538
- Rent$1,433
- Other living costs$1,996
- Left over$1,053
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $72,250
- Federal income tax
- −$7,509
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,527
- State income tax (MD)
- −$3,258
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,168
- Take-home pay
- $53,788
- Effective tax rate
- 25.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,433
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,429
Left over each month
$6,021 gross, minus $1,538 in tax and $3,429 in living costs.
$1,053
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: York, $2,015/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Salisbury?
$72,250 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 630 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Salisbury?
$1,053 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,433, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
York, about 130 miles away, leaves $2,015 a month, more than Salisbury.