High school teacher · Lewiston, ME
High school teacher in Lewiston: $850/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lewiston at $64,110 a year. About 420 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.30). The 10th percentile is $47,080 and the 90th is $79,420. Pay ranks 164th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,289/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $850 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Barnstable Town, about 170 miles away, at $2,299 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$850
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,110
$47,080 to $79,420
Rent (1 bd)
$1,289
$1,535 (2 bd)
Employment
420
Location quotient 1.30
Pay rank
164th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $64,110.
- Taxes$1,142
- Rent$1,289
- Other living costs$2,061
- Left over$850
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,110
- Federal income tax
- −$5,718
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,904
- State income tax (ME)
- −$3,087
- Take-home pay
- $50,400
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,289
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,350
Left over each month
$5,343 gross, minus $1,142 in tax and $3,350 in living costs.
$850
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Barnstable Town, $2,299/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Lewiston?
$64,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 420 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lewiston?
$850 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,289, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Barnstable Town, about 170 miles away, leaves $2,299 a month, more than Lewiston.