Elementary school teacher · Decatur, AL
Elementary school teacher in Decatur: $1,243/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Decatur at $61,090 a year. The 10th percentile is $49,110 and the 90th is $73,550. Pay ranks 219th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/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 $1,243 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 225 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,243
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,090
$49,110 to $73,550
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
219th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,090.
- Taxes$1,120
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,243
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,090
- Federal income tax
- −$5,292
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,673
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,865
- City / county wage tax
- −$611
- Take-home pay
- $47,649
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$5,091 gross, minus $1,120 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$1,243
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 Decatur?
$61,090 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 Decatur?
$1,243 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 $772, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 225 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Decatur.