Elementary school teacher · Anniston, AL
Elementary school teacher in Anniston: $1,330/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Anniston at $61,200 a year. About 670 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.72). The 10th percentile is $47,360 and the 90th is $71,790. Pay ranks 212th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,330 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 177 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,330
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,200
$47,360 to $71,790
Rent (1 bd)
$692
$824 (2 bd)
Employment
670
Location quotient 1.72
Pay rank
212th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,200.
- Taxes$1,122
- Rent$692
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,330
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,200
- Federal income tax
- −$5,306
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,682
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,870
- City / county wage tax
- −$612
- Take-home pay
- $47,731
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,648
Left over each month
$5,100 gross, minus $1,122 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.
$1,330
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albany, $1,952/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Anniston?
$61,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 670 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Anniston?
$1,330 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 177 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Anniston.