Elementary School Teacher salary in Virginia Beach, VA

Based on 72 certified H-1B filings in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Portsmouth, Newport News.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$58,497
Middle 50%$50.4k–$60.8k
vs. national median−5%comparison median $61,479
Filings72FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $47,080 and $82,253.
PercentileSalary
10th$47,080
25th$50,410
50th (median)$58,497
75th$60,797
90th$62,745

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2024: median $47,720 (44 filings) FY2025: median $58,497 (52 filings) FY2026: median $50,410 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 2 filings FY21 FY2022: 0 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 44 filings FY24 FY2025: 52 filings FY25 FY2026: 20 filings FY26 52
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––0
FY2021–––2
FY2022–––0
FY2023–––7
FY2024$47,720$47,720$58,49744
FY2025$58,497$47,080$60,84752
FY2026$50,410$50,410$50,41220

Cost of living

Virginia Beach's median Elementary School Teacher salary of $58,497 is worth about $59,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Virginia Beach = 97.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Virginia Beach, VA area earned a median of $63,380 in May 2025 (7,130 employed). The H-1B median here is $58,497, 8% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Portsmouth Public Schools$59,66949
Portsmouth City Public Schools$47,08022

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $58,497 69
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$47,080$58,49769

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.