High school teacher · Blacksburg, VA
High school teacher in Blacksburg: $976/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Blacksburg at $60,880 a year. About 480 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $48,150 and the 90th is $95,360. Pay ranks 276th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,103/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $976 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 233 miles away, at $2,123 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$976
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,880
$48,150 to $95,360
Rent (1 bd)
$1,103
$1,313 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
276th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $60,880.
- Taxes$1,057
- Rent$1,103
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$976
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,880
- Federal income tax
- −$5,267
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,657
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,754
- Take-home pay
- $48,201
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,103
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $533
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,041
Left over each month
$5,073 gross, minus $1,057 in tax and $3,041 in living costs.
$976
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Columbus, $2,123/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Blacksburg?
$60,880 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Blacksburg?
$976 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,103, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Columbus, about 233 miles away, leaves $2,123 a month, more than Blacksburg.