Elementary school teacher · Beckley, WV
Elementary school teacher in Beckley: $625/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Beckley at $51,910 a year. About 300 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.79). The 10th percentile is $48,510 and the 90th is $58,850. Pay ranks 332nd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($853/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $625 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 194 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$625
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$51,910
$48,510 to $58,850
Rent (1 bd)
$853
$1,015 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.79
Pay rank
332nd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $51,910.
- Taxes$821
- Rent$853
- Other living costs$2,026
- Left over$625
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $51,910
- Federal income tax
- −$4,191
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,971
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,694
- Take-home pay
- $42,054
- Effective tax rate
- 19.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $853
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $611
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$4,326 gross, minus $821 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$625
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $2,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Beckley?
$51,910 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Beckley?
$625 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $853, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 194 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Beckley.