High school teacher · Ithaca, NY
High school teacher in Ithaca: $1,378/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Ithaca at $73,960 a year. About 240 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.72). The 10th percentile is $60,300 and the 90th is $104,470. Pay ranks 123rd-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,571/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,378 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingston, about 118 miles away, at $2,736 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,378
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,960
$60,300 to $104,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,571
$1,870 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.72
Pay rank
123rd of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $73,960.
- Taxes$1,417
- Rent$1,571
- Other living costs$1,797
- Left over$1,378
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,960
- Federal income tax
- −$7,885
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,658
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,463
- Take-home pay
- $56,954
- Effective tax rate
- 23.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,571
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $359
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,368
Left over each month
$6,163 gross, minus $1,417 in tax and $3,368 in living costs.
$1,378
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 Ithaca?
$73,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Ithaca?
$1,378 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,571, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Kingston, about 118 miles away, leaves $2,736 a month, more than Ithaca.