Elementary school teacher · Daphne, AL
Elementary school teacher in Daphne: $830/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Daphne at $61,680 a year. The 10th percentile is $48,710 and the 90th is $73,830. Pay ranks 190th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/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 $830 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 225 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$830
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,680
$48,710 to $73,830
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
190th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,680.
- Taxes$1,133
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$830
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,680
- Federal income tax
- −$5,363
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,719
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,894
- City / county wage tax
- −$617
- Take-home pay
- $48,088
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$5,140 gross, minus $1,133 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
$830
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 Daphne?
$61,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Daphne?
$830 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 $1,252, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 225 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Daphne.