Elementary school teacher · Gadsden, AL
Elementary school teacher in Gadsden: $1,270/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Gadsden at $57,890 a year. The 10th percentile is $43,960 and the 90th is $68,890. Pay ranks 307th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($546/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 $1,270 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 200 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,270
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,890
$43,960 to $68,890
Rent (1 bd)
$546
$650 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
307th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $57,890.
- Taxes$1,052
- Rent$546
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,270
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,890
- Federal income tax
- −$4,908
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,429
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,705
- City / county wage tax
- −$579
- Take-home pay
- $45,270
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $546
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,502
Left over each month
$4,824 gross, minus $1,052 in tax and $2,502 in living costs.
$1,270
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 Gadsden?
$57,890 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 Gadsden?
$1,270 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 $546, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 200 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Gadsden.