Elementary school teacher · Watertown, NY
Elementary school teacher in Watertown: $942/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Watertown at $62,150 a year. About 440 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.26). The 10th percentile is $50,780 and the 90th is $88,260. Pay ranks 179th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,139/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $942 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 168 miles away, at $2,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$942
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,150
$50,780 to $88,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,139
$1,356 (2 bd)
Employment
440
Location quotient 1.26
Pay rank
179th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $62,150.
- Taxes$1,082
- Rent$1,139
- Other living costs$2,016
- Left over$942
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,150
- Federal income tax
- −$5,420
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,754
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,813
- Take-home pay
- $49,163
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,139
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,155
Left over each month
$5,179 gross, minus $1,082 in tax and $3,155 in living costs.
$942
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 Watertown?
$62,150 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 440 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Watertown?
$942 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,139, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 168 miles away, leaves $2,555 a month, more than Watertown.