Elementary school teacher · Charleston, SC
Elementary school teacher in Charleston: $557/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Charleston at $61,020 a year. About 4,670 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.33). The 10th percentile is $49,140 and the 90th is $78,870. Pay ranks 223rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,588/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $557 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 195 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$557
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,020
$49,140 to $78,870
Rent (1 bd)
$1,588
$1,890 (2 bd)
Employment
4,670
Location quotient 1.33
Pay rank
223rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,020.
- Taxes$1,013
- Rent$1,588
- Other living costs$1,927
- Left over$557
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,020
- Federal income tax
- −$5,284
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,668
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,201
- Take-home pay
- $48,867
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,588
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,515
Left over each month
$5,085 gross, minus $1,013 in tax and $3,515 in living costs.
$557
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Athens, $1,689/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Charleston?
$61,020 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,670 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Charleston?
$557 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,588, and pay covers 3.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 195 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Charleston.