Elementary school teacher · Hickory, NC
Elementary school teacher in Hickory: $216/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Hickory at $49,540 a year. About 1,560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.14). The 10th percentile is $44,600 and the 90th is $58,710. Pay ranks 349th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,142/mo). North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $216 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 163 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$216
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$49,540
$44,600 to $58,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,142
$1,360 (2 bd)
Employment
1,560
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
349th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $49,540.
- Taxes$772
- Rent$1,142
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$216
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $49,540
- Federal income tax
- −$3,906
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,790
- State income tax (NC)
- −$1,564
- Take-home pay
- $40,280
- Effective tax rate
- 18.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,142
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $605
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,141
Left over each month
$4,128 gross, minus $772 in tax and $3,141 in living costs.
$216
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 Hickory?
$49,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,560 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Hickory?
$216 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax Rent is $1,142, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 163 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Hickory.