High school teacher · Binghamton, NY
High school teacher in Binghamton: $1,722/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Binghamton at $74,970 a year. About 770 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.16). The 10th percentile is $50,320 and the 90th is $98,380. Pay ranks 117th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,082/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,722 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 91 miles away, at $2,736 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,722
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,970
$50,320 to $98,380
Rent (1 bd)
$1,082
$1,288 (2 bd)
Employment
770
Location quotient 1.16
Pay rank
117th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $74,970.
- Taxes$1,447
- Rent$1,082
- Other living costs$1,997
- Left over$1,722
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,970
- Federal income tax
- −$8,107
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,735
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,518
- Take-home pay
- $57,609
- Effective tax rate
- 23.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,082
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,079
Left over each month
$6,248 gross, minus $1,447 in tax and $3,079 in living costs.
$1,722
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingston, $2,736/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Binghamton?
$74,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 770 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Binghamton?
$1,722 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,082, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 91 miles away, leaves $2,736 a month, more than Binghamton.