Elementary school teacher · Staunton, VA
Elementary school teacher in Staunton: $943/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Staunton at $60,680 a year. About 560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.21). The 10th percentile is $49,050 and the 90th is $90,740. Pay ranks 240th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,055/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $943 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 210 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$943
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,680
$49,050 to $90,740
Rent (1 bd)
$1,055
$1,256 (2 bd)
Employment
560
Location quotient 1.21
Pay rank
240th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,680.
- Taxes$1,052
- Rent$1,055
- Other living costs$2,006
- Left over$943
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,680
- Federal income tax
- −$5,243
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,642
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,743
- Take-home pay
- $48,052
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,055
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $601
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,061
Left over each month
$5,057 gross, minus $1,052 in tax and $3,061 in living costs.
$943
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 Staunton?
$60,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Staunton?
$943 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,055, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 210 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Staunton.