Elementary school teacher · Trenton, NJ
Elementary school teacher in Trenton: $1,163/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Trenton at $77,850 a year. About 1,830 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $62,830 and the 90th is $102,060. Pay ranks 74th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,986/mo). New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,163 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 117 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,163
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,850
$62,830 to $102,060
Rent (1 bd)
$1,986
$2,364 (2 bd)
Employment
1,830
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
74th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $77,850.
- Taxes$1,455
- Rent$1,986
- Other living costs$1,883
- Left over$1,163
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,850
- Federal income tax
- −$8,741
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,956
- State income tax (NJ)
- −$2,769
- Take-home pay
- $60,384
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,986
- Groceries
- $398
- Getting around
- $438
- Healthcare
- $448
- Utilities and internet
- $249
- Everything else
- $349
- Total spending
- $3,869
Left over each month
$6,488 gross, minus $1,455 in tax and $3,869 in living costs.
$1,163
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 Trenton?
$77,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,830 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Trenton?
$1,163 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,986, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 117 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Trenton.