Elementary school teacher · Virginia Beach, VA
Elementary school teacher in Virginia Beach: $766/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Virginia Beach at $63,380 a year. About 7,130 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.05). The 10th percentile is $48,910 and the 90th is $100,290. Pay ranks 153rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,454/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $766 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is York, about 214 miles away, at $2,015 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$766
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,380
$48,910 to $100,290
Rent (1 bd)
$1,454
$1,731 (2 bd)
Employment
7,130
Location quotient 1.05
Pay rank
153rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $63,380.
- Taxes$1,109
- Rent$1,454
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$766
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,380
- Federal income tax
- −$5,567
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,849
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,898
- Take-home pay
- $50,066
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,454
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,406
Left over each month
$5,282 gross, minus $1,109 in tax and $3,406 in living costs.
$766
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 Virginia Beach?
$63,380 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 7,130 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Virginia Beach?
$766 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,454, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
York, about 214 miles away, leaves $2,015 a month, more than Virginia Beach.