Elementary school teacher · Charleston, WV
Elementary school teacher in Charleston: $828/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Charleston at $57,020 a year. About 590 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $48,780 and the 90th is $59,440. Pay ranks 318th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,011/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $828 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 168 miles away, at $2,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$828
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,020
$48,780 to $59,440
Rent (1 bd)
$1,011
$1,204 (2 bd)
Employment
590
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
318th 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 $57,020.
- Taxes$924
- Rent$1,011
- Other living costs$1,989
- Left over$828
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,020
- Federal income tax
- −$4,804
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,362
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,921
- Take-home pay
- $45,933
- Effective tax rate
- 19.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,011
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $3,000
Left over each month
$4,752 gross, minus $924 in tax and $3,000 in living costs.
$828
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 Charleston?
$57,020 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 590 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Charleston?
$828 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,011, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Canton, about 168 miles away, leaves $2,322 a month, more than Charleston.