Elementary school teacher · Huntsville, AL
Elementary school teacher in Huntsville: $1,151/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Huntsville at $62,250 a year. About 1,990 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $48,740 and the 90th is $76,240. Pay ranks 178th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,050/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,151 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Athens, about 209 miles away, at $1,689 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,151
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,250
$48,740 to $76,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,050
$1,250 (2 bd)
Employment
1,990
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
178th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $62,250.
- Taxes$1,093
- Rent$1,050
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$1,151
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,250
- Federal income tax
- −$5,432
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,762
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,923
- Take-home pay
- $49,134
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,050
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,943
Left over each month
$5,188 gross, minus $1,093 in tax and $2,943 in living costs.
$1,151
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 Huntsville?
$62,250 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,990 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Huntsville?
$1,151 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,050, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Athens, about 209 miles away, leaves $1,689 a month, more than Huntsville.