Elementary school teacher · Greenville, SC
Elementary school teacher in Greenville: $938/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Greenville at $60,680 a year. About 4,390 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $48,800 and the 90th is $75,990. Pay ranks 240th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,204/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $938 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 232 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$938
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,680
$48,800 to $75,990
Rent (1 bd)
$1,204
$1,433 (2 bd)
Employment
4,390
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
240th 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 $60,680.
- Taxes$1,005
- Rent$1,204
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$938
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,680
- Federal income tax
- −$5,243
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,642
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,180
- Take-home pay
- $48,615
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,204
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,113
Left over each month
$5,057 gross, minus $1,005 in tax and $3,113 in living costs.
$938
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 Greenville?
$60,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,390 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Greenville?
$938 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,204, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 232 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Greenville.