Elementary school teacher · Columbia, SC
Elementary school teacher in Columbia: $917/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Columbia at $60,050 a year. About 4,360 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.24). The 10th percentile is $48,170 and the 90th is $76,010. Pay ranks 267th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,157/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $917 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 245 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$917
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,050
$48,170 to $76,010
Rent (1 bd)
$1,157
$1,377 (2 bd)
Employment
4,360
Location quotient 1.24
Pay rank
267th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,050.
- Taxes$992
- Rent$1,157
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$917
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,050
- Federal income tax
- −$5,168
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,594
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,141
- Take-home pay
- $48,148
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,157
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,095
Left over each month
$5,004 gross, minus $992 in tax and $3,095 in living costs.
$917
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 Columbia?
$60,050 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,360 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Columbia?
$917 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,157, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 245 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Columbia.