Elementary school teacher · Scranton, PA
Elementary school teacher in Scranton: $1,818/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Scranton at $76,590 a year. About 1,780 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $48,220 and the 90th is $91,670. Pay ranks 88th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,070/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 $1,818 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 95 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,818
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,590
$48,220 to $91,670
Rent (1 bd)
$1,070
$1,274 (2 bd)
Employment
1,780
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
88th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $76,590.
- Taxes$1,453
- Rent$1,070
- Other living costs$2,041
- Left over$1,818
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,590
- Federal income tax
- −$8,464
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,859
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,351
- City / county wage tax
- −$766
- Take-home pay
- $59,150
- Effective tax rate
- 22.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,070
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,111
Left over each month
$6,383 gross, minus $1,453 in tax and $3,111 in living costs.
$1,818
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 Scranton?
$76,590 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 Scranton?
$1,818 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 $1,070, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 95 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Scranton.