High school teacher · Morgantown, WV
High school teacher in Morgantown: $980/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Morgantown median for this job. The paycheck used here is the West Virginia median, $56,610 a year. West Virginia has about 3,590 high school teacher jobs. The 10th percentile is $48,450 and the 90th is $64,040. On the pay used here, Morgantown ranks 356th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($869/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $980 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 139 miles away, at $2,442 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$980
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,610
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$869
$1,035 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
356th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $56,610.
- Taxes$916
- Rent$869
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$980
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,610
- Federal income tax
- −$4,755
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,331
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,903
- Take-home pay
- $45,622
- Effective tax rate
- 19.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $869
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,822
Left over each month
$4,718 gross, minus $916 in tax and $2,822 in living costs.
$980
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,442/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Morgantown?
$56,610 a year. That figure is the West Virginia median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Morgantown?
$980 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $869, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Akron, about 139 miles away, leaves $2,442 a month, more than Morgantown.