Elementary school teacher · Birmingham, AL
Elementary school teacher in Birmingham: $1,088/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Birmingham at $62,630 a year. About 5,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.15). The 10th percentile is $48,690 and the 90th is $75,040. Pay ranks 170th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $1,088 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 201 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,088
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,630
$48,690 to $75,040
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
5,340
Location quotient 1.15
Pay rank
170th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $62,630.
- Taxes$1,153
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$1,088
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,630
- Federal income tax
- −$5,477
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,791
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,942
- City / county wage tax
- −$626
- Take-home pay
- $48,794
- Effective tax rate
- 22.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$5,219 gross, minus $1,153 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$1,088
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 Birmingham?
$62,630 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 5,340 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Birmingham?
$1,088 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 $1,106, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 201 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Birmingham.