High school teacher · Lexington Park, MD
High school teacher in Lexington Park: $1,326/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Lexington Park at $81,050 a year. About 610 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $52,120 and the 90th is $100,470. Pay ranks 56th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,593/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,326 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 211 miles away, at $2,148 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,326
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$81,050
$52,120 to $100,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,593
$1,896 (2 bd)
Employment
610
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
56th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $81,050.
- Taxes$1,813
- Rent$1,593
- Other living costs$2,022
- Left over$1,326
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $81,050
- Federal income tax
- −$9,445
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,200
- State income tax (MD)
- −$3,676
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,432
- Take-home pay
- $59,297
- Effective tax rate
- 26.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,593
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,615
Left over each month
$6,754 gross, minus $1,813 in tax and $3,615 in living costs.
$1,326
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $2,148/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Lexington Park?
$81,050 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 610 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Lexington Park?
$1,326 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,593, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Williamsport, about 211 miles away, leaves $2,148 a month, more than Lexington Park.