High school teacher · Bridgeport, CT
High school teacher in Bridgeport: $994/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Bridgeport at $82,960 a year. About 4,220 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.53). The 10th percentile is $59,770 and the 90th is $126,020. Pay ranks 48th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $994 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 66 miles away, at $2,736 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$994
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$82,960
$59,770 to $126,020
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
4,220
Location quotient 1.53
Pay rank
48th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $82,960.
- Taxes$1,669
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$994
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $82,960
- Federal income tax
- −$9,865
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,346
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,813
- Take-home pay
- $62,936
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$6,913 gross, minus $1,669 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$994
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 Bridgeport?
$82,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,220 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Bridgeport?
$994 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 66 miles away, leaves $2,736 a month, more than Bridgeport.