Elementary school teacher · Auburn, AL
Elementary school teacher in Auburn: $756/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Auburn at $59,970 a year. About 550 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $45,840 and the 90th is $70,860. Pay ranks 269th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $756 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 102 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$756
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,970
$45,840 to $70,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
550
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
269th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $59,970.
- Taxes$1,096
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$756
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,970
- Federal income tax
- −$5,158
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,588
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,809
- City / county wage tax
- −$600
- Take-home pay
- $46,816
- Effective tax rate
- 21.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$4,998 gross, minus $1,096 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$756
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 Auburn?
$59,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 550 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Auburn?
$756 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 $1,224, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 102 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Auburn.