High school teacher · Richmond, VA
High school teacher in Richmond: $779/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Richmond at $62,000 a year. About 4,420 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $50,490 and the 90th is $80,750. Pay ranks 225th-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,362/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $779 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is York, about 178 miles away, at $2,078 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$779
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,000
$50,490 to $80,750
Rent (1 bd)
$1,362
$1,621 (2 bd)
Employment
4,420
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
225th of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $62,000.
- Taxes$1,080
- Rent$1,362
- Other living costs$1,945
- Left over$779
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,000
- Federal income tax
- −$5,402
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,743
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,819
- Take-home pay
- $49,037
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,362
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,307
Left over each month
$5,167 gross, minus $1,080 in tax and $3,307 in living costs.
$779
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: York, $2,078/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Richmond?
$62,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,420 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Richmond?
$779 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,362, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
York, about 178 miles away, leaves $2,078 a month, more than Richmond.