Elementary school teacher · Florence, SC
Elementary school teacher in Florence: $869/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Florence at $60,910 a year. About 1,010 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $47,140 and the 90th is $74,580. Pay ranks 229th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,205/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $869 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 196 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$869
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,910
$47,140 to $74,580
Rent (1 bd)
$1,205
$1,435 (2 bd)
Employment
1,010
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
229th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $60,910.
- Taxes$1,010
- Rent$1,205
- Other living costs$1,991
- Left over$869
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,910
- Federal income tax
- −$5,271
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,660
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,194
- Take-home pay
- $48,786
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,205
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $599
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,196
Left over each month
$5,076 gross, minus $1,010 in tax and $3,196 in living costs.
$869
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 Florence?
$60,910 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,010 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Florence?
$869 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,205, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 196 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Florence.