Elementary school teacher · Hilton Head Island, SC
Elementary school teacher in Hilton Head Island: $874/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Hilton Head Island at $64,990 a year. About 870 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $49,770 and the 90th is $82,710. Pay ranks 133rd-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,483/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $874 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 199 miles away, at $1,952 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$874
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,990
$49,770 to $82,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,483
$1,766 (2 bd)
Employment
870
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
133rd of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $64,990.
- Taxes$1,111
- Rent$1,483
- Other living costs$1,948
- Left over$874
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,990
- Federal income tax
- −$5,912
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,972
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,447
- Take-home pay
- $51,660
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,483
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,431
Left over each month
$5,416 gross, minus $1,111 in tax and $3,431 in living costs.
$874
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 Hilton Head Island?
$64,990 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 870 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Hilton Head Island?
$874 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,483, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Albany, about 199 miles away, leaves $1,952 a month, more than Hilton Head Island.