Elementary school teacher · Syracuse, NY
Elementary school teacher in Syracuse: $1,778/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Syracuse at $78,560 a year. About 2,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $60,880 and the 90th is $93,490. Pay ranks 65th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,236/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,778 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 123 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,778
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,560
$60,880 to $93,490
Rent (1 bd)
$1,236
$1,472 (2 bd)
Employment
2,620
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
65th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $78,560.
- Taxes$1,552
- Rent$1,236
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$1,778
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,560
- Federal income tax
- −$8,897
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,010
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,716
- Take-home pay
- $59,937
- Effective tax rate
- 23.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,236
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,217
Left over each month
$6,547 gross, minus $1,552 in tax and $3,217 in living costs.
$1,778
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 Syracuse?
$78,560 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,620 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Syracuse?
$1,778 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,236, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 123 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Syracuse.